General Questions
This event caused the U.S. to enter WWII.
What is Pearl Harbour?
This was the largest and bloodiest battle.
a. Battle of Okinawa
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
What is a. Battle of Okinawa?
The primary goal was to move closer to Japan while saving this.
a. islands
b. supplies
c. lives/soldiers
What are c. lives/soldiers?
Many soldiers died in these battles. This is called...
a. lives
b. people
c. casualties
What are c. casualties?
The U.S. avoided islands that were this.
What is heavily defended?
Showed Japanese resistance and how costly direct assault could be.
a. Battle of Okinawa
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
What is b. Iwo Jima?
He led the Southwest Pacific campaign that helped carry out the island hopping strategy through the Philippines and New Guinea.
a. General Douglas MacArthur
b. Admiral Raymond Spruance
c. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
d. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is a. Douglas MacArthur?
Island Hopping helped the U.S. do this to enemy supply lines.
a. support them
b. cut them off
c. eliminate them
What is b. cut them off?
This is another name for Island Hopping.
What is Leapfrogging?
This was the first major U.S. victory in the Pacific.
a. Battle of Okinawa
b. Battle of Iwo Jima
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
What is c. Guadalcanal?
Captured islands were used to build these.
What are airbases/airfields?
This type of warfare involves Allied soldiers landing from ships onto enemy shores to fight on land.
a. joint warfare
b. amphibious warfare
c. air assault
What is b. amphibious warfare?