Important People
The man who created the atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan
Robert Oppenheimer
The two Japanese cities that had an atomic bomb dropped on them
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
What event ended WWII?
Atomic bombs being dropped on Japan.
Who dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?
Paul Tibbets
What places did Americans liberate from the Japanese using island-hopping?
Pacific Islands
What was V-J Day?
The day Japan surrendered/ Victory over Japan Day
The general who left his troops in the Philippines to fight against the Japanese was
General Douglas MacArthur
American and Japanese aircraft carriers fought one another above which sea
coral Sea
What battle between the Japanese and Americans was the turning of the pacific war?
The Battle of Midway
Who gave President Roosevelt the idea to develop the atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein
Where was the atomic bomb first tested?
New Mexico
What was the Manhattan Project?
A secret project to develop the atomic bomb
The people forced to undertake the 80-mile Bataan Death March were
American and Filipino prisoners of war
James Doolittle led a daytime bombing mission over
Tokyo, Japan
The secret Japanese naval code that Americans deciphered was
The Japanese planned to lure the U.S. Pacific fleet into a trap near the island of Midway