leaders
Who was the Emperor of Japan
Hirohito
Date of the Bombing of Pearl Harbour
7th December 1941
What is the name of the sea in which the US carrier Lexington was destroyed?
The Coral Sea
The name of the group that Japan, Italy, and Germany formed.
Axis powers
The defeat of Japan was followed by an Allied occupation for seven years. What were they?
1945-1952
Who was the Australian Prime Minister 1945-1949
Ben Chifley
Batan Island, Clark Air Base, Bataan Peninsula are all part of the battle for which country?
The Philippines
The significant turning point is a North Pacific atoll that is 6.2 sq km.
Midway
The Japanese idea of Asia for the Asians was a cover for Japanese imperialism.
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Who was the Supreme Commander of Allied Powers?
General Douglas Macarthur.
Name the person in charge of the Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942
Lt Colonel James Doolittle
What occurred on the 15th of February 1942?
The Fall of Singpore
Guadalcanal is part of which island group?
The Solomon Islands
US strategy to reach the Japanese mainland avoiding action on every island occupied by the Japanese forces.
Island-hopping.
At the Japanese War Crime trials what was the other name for 'conspiracy to wage and start a war'?
A Class Trials
Name the US Secretary of State 1933-1944
Cordell Hull
The British
Name the track located between Port Morseby in the south, and Buna and Gona in the north.
Kokoda Track
The name of the secret development of an atomic bomb in wartime America.
Manhattan Project.
According to historians, Japan's Achilles heel was always a lack of this resource.
Oil
Who was the US commander of the post-war occupation of Japan
General Douglas Macarthur
What took place between the 4th and the 8th of May in 1942?
The Battle of the Coral Sea
Name the manufacturing city 675 km southwest of Tokyo
Hiroshima
Zaibatsu
What year did Australia pass the National Security Act
1939