Leaders & Commanders
This amazing, intelligent, handsome, talented, and funny teacher is often referred to by students as the "god of history".
Who is Mr. Ben?
In 1943, Japan transferred parts of northern Malaya back to the control of this neighboring country, a move deeply resented by the Malay people.
What is Thailand? (Or What is Siam?)
The Japanese often treated prisoners of war poorly because they felt that surrendering was dishonorable, based upon this ancient warrior code.
What is Bushido?
By failing to destroy these crucial infrastructure targets at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese allowed the US Navy to fix its damaged ships quickly.
What are repair facilities (or dry docks/machine shops)?
Following Japan's defeat, this US General oversaw the occupation of the country and initiated widespread democratic reforms.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
This US General famously declared "I shall return" before being ordered to evacuate the Philippines and leaving his isolated forces behind.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
Before successfully escaping, General MacArthur made a final stand at this heavily fortified island fortress in the Philippines.
What is Corregidor?
Between 25,000 and 50,000 people of this specific ethnicity were killed in Malaya and Singapore during the Sook Ching Massacre because Japan was simultaneously fighting a war in their home country.
Who are the Chinese?
During the ferocious close-quarters combat of the Battle of Okinawa, US troops used these specific weapons to flush Japanese soldiers out of caves.
What are flame-throwers?
Under Article 9 of the new US-written constitution, Japan was forbidden from having these, permanently preventing them from resorting to war to settle international disputes.
What are military forces (or an army)?
Following the surrender of over 80,000 troops, this British Prime Minister called the fall of Singapore the "worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history".
Who is Winston Churchill?
As a massive diversion during the Midway campaign, a small Japanese task force was sent far north to attack this island chain near Alaska.
What are the Aleutian Islands?
This peninsular neighbor nation had been occupied by the Japanese since the early 1900s.
What is Korea?
In contrast to the European theater, the combat in the Pacific was fundamentally fueled by mutual dehumanization and propaganda, leading historians to describe it as this type of war.
What is a Race War?
This specific court was established in Tokyo to try senior Japanese political and military leaders for crimes against humanity and peace committed between 1931 and 1945.
What is the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)?
The day after the Pearl Harbor attack, this US President asked Congress to officially declare war on Japan.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Capturing this island in the summer of 1944, alongside Guam, provided the US air force with vital airfields to launch intense strategic bombing campaigns directly against Japan.
What is Saipan?
The Japanese military authorities strictly enforced this specific physical custom, beating locals who failed to show proper respect as they passed sentries.
What is bowing?
US forces dropped these specific weapons on Tokyo in March 1945, which had a devastating effect due to the fact that many of the city's buildings were made of wood.
What are firebombs?
The Allies deliberately kept Emperor Hirohito on the throne to secure the military's surrender and to prevent the Japanese public from feeling this specific negative emotion about their defeat.
What is bitter? (Angry...frustrated...crusty...salty... waxy...)
While attending the Potsdam Conference, this US President was briefed on a successful weapons test and gave the fateful order to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Who is Harry Truman?
This was the name the Japanese gave to the northeast portion of China after invading and occupying it.
What is Manchukuo?
The Japanese restructuring of local economies in Southeast Asia led to this extreme economic condition, where the price of rice jumped from $5 to $5,000 by the end of the war.
What is hyperinflation?
Before executing the amphibious landings at this island, the US used these underwater demolition teams to clear coastal waters of obstacles.
What is Okinawa?
Japan's post-war economic recovery was massively accelerated in 1950 when it became the main supply depot for UN forces fighting in this conflict.
What is the Korean War?