American Military Leaders
This American General failed to stop the Japanese invasion of the Philippine Islands was evacuated to Australia, leaving behind 12,000 American and 65,000 Filipino prisoners of war.
Who was Douglas MacArthur, Jr.?
Japan invaded this country for land to grow crops and raw materials to fuel their military machinery.
What is Manchuria?
These ships are used to launch airplanes against an enemy.
What is an Aircraft Carrier?
These ancient warriors were the knightly inspiration from Japanese Officers in the military.
What are Samurai?
This term describes how Japanese saw themselves saving their Asian brothers while also subjugating them under Japanese Colonial Rule.
What is Pan-Asianism?
President of the United States who was elected to a third term based on the promise to keep America out of the war.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
America imposed these on Japan in an attempt to stop them from invading other Asian countries.
What are sanctions?
The Arizona, the memorial to those who died at the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Missouri are both this type of ship.
What is a Battleship?
This Japanese General also served as the Prime Minister of Japan during most of the war.
Who was General Tojo?
This military strategy hopped over Japanese strongholds for lesser defended islands that would cutoff supplies to the Japanese soldiers.
What is Island Hopping?
This American Admiral took over command of the Pacific after the attack on Pearl Harbor and used Island Hopping to cut off Japanese bases rather than launching a frontal assault.
Who was Chester W. Nimitz?
The United States placed an embargo on this raw material, which caused the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor.
What is oil?
John F. Kennedy, future president of the United States Commanded a squadron of these boats, his was PT-109.
What is a Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boat?
This Japanese Admiral was the chief strategist for Japan, but also realized Pearl Harbor was a loss for Japan by waking a "sleeping giant".
Who was Admiral Yamamoto?
Germany, Italy and Japan signed one and Germany signed another, the non-aggression...
What is Pact?
This World War I veteran from Missouri became President when Franklin Roosevelt suddenly died in April, 1945.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
This war in 1904-1905 was over which Empire would control Manchuria.
What is the Sino-Russo War?
The Japanese signed an unconditional surrender on the deck of this Battleship, today a museum at Pearl Harbor.
What is the USS Missouri?
The hereditary monarch of Japan and the God of the Japanese people.
Who was Emperor Herohito?
These Native Americans used their Navajo language to talk in code on the radio.
What are Navajo Code Talkers?
This American Admiral had taken the Aircraft carrier Enterprise to Wake Island to ferry Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 221, saving them from the Japanese Attack on December 7, 1941.
Who was William "Bull" Halsey?
This island nation was attacked on December 8th and once the American surrendered led to the Bataan Death March.
What are the Philippines?
This Japanese Aircraft Carrier was the largest ever sunk by a submarine.
What is the Shinano?
This radio personality broadcast from Tokyo, Japan played music the US soldiers and sailors enjoyed, but her commentary on America loosing the war was not welcomed.
Who was Tokyo Rose?
Japan signed this Pact establishing the Axis Leaders of World War II, it gets part of its name because there were three countries, Germany, Italy and Japan, who signed it.
What is the Tripartite Pact?