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World War II in the Pacific

What do you know about the largest military conflict in the history?
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1. What two countries were already involved in a military conflict before the beginning of World War II?
Japan and USA
Germany and Poland
Japan and China
Germany and France
2. Which event led the United States to enter WWII?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
German invade of Poland
Bombing of London
Sinking of Lusitania
3. Who was the US president at the start of WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
4. Who was emperor of Japan during World War II?
Hirohito
Yoshihito
Akihito
Mutsuhito
5. When did Japanese Navy attack Pearl Harbor?
1945
1944
1941
1942
6. What was the code name for the Japanese attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII?
Operation Valkyrie
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Z
7. How many days lasted the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
1 day
10 days
3 days
5 days
8. Within three days of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which three countries declared war on Japan?
USA, USSR and Britain
USA, Britain and China
Britain, China and Korea
China, Philippines and Korea
9. Who was commander of the Japanese Navy and a leader in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Osami Nagano
Isoroku Yamamoto
10. Which United States general led the army in the Pacific and the fighting against Japan?
George Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Bernard Montgomery
George Armstrong Custer
11. Which ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor when over 1100 US soldiers lost their lives?
USS Oklahoma
USS Louisiana
USS Virginia
USS Arizona
12. The picture of marines raising a flag that was used for the Marine Corps Memorial in Virginia was taken on what island?
Iwo Jima
Midway
Guadalcanal
Honshu
13. Which Australian city did Japan attack in February of 1942?
Brisbane
Adelaide
Darwin
Sydney
14. What was the name of th US army general Patton who fought in WWII?
George S.
James S.
Franklin S.
Jeff S.
15. The goal of Operation Detachment was to capture which island in the Pacific in WWII?
Oahu
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Midway
16. What were Japanese suicide bombers called during WWII?
Kamikaze
Bushido
Kaiten
Ninja
17. In which present country the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred?
Japan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Solomon Islands
18. Who won the Battle of Midway?
Britain
USA
France
Japan
19. What was the code name for the U.S. program to build an atomic bomb in WWII?
Operation Avalanche
Operation Typhoon
Operation Cobra
Manhattan Project
20. What scientist wrote a letter to US President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb?
Henry Ford
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einsten
Thomas Edison
21. What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Werner Heisenberg
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
22. Which American president ordered to use the atomic bomb against Japan in WWII?
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
23. What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
Little Boy
Fat Man
Rosa Parks
24. What was the second city the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on in WWII?
Nagasaki
Yokohama
Hiroshima
Tokyo
25. What was the last major battle of World War II?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Peleliu
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
26. Where did the "Bataan Death March" take place in 1942 after the Americans surrended to the Japanese?
Singapore
Thailand
Philippines
Guam
27. Who won the Battle of Saipan in 1944?
Japan
USA
Australia
Germany
28. What was the biggest naval battle in the history?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Bataan
Battle of Milne Bay
Battle of Midway
29. On which ship the Japanese meet Allied leaders and signed the surrender in 1945?
Missouri
Bismarck
Yorktown
Musashi
30. What is the estimated death toll from atomic bombs dropped on Japan?
35,000
235,000
535,000
135,000
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