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 China ✓

Germany and Poland ✓

Japan and USA ✓

Germany and France ✓

2. Which event led the United States to enter WWII?

Sinking of Lusitania ✓

German invade of Poland ✓

Attack on Pearl Harbor ✓

Bombing of London ✓

3. Who was the US president at the start of WWII?

Harry S. Truman ✓

Franklin Roosevelt ✓

John F. Kennedy ✓

Dwight Eisenhower ✓

4. Who was emperor of Japan during World War II?

Akihito ✓

Mutsuhito ✓

Yoshihito ✓

Hirohito ✓

5. When did Japanese Navy attack Pearl Harbor?

1942 ✓

1941 ✓

1944 ✓

1945 ✓

6. What was the code name for the Japanese attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII?

Operation Overlord ✓

Operation Barbarossa ✓

Operation Z ✓

Operation Valkyrie ✓

7. How many days lasted the Attack on Pearl Harbor?

10 days ✓

5 days ✓

1 day ✓

3 days ✓

8. Within three days of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which three countries declared war on Japan?

USA, Britain and China ✓

USA, USSR and Britain ✓

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?

Hideki Tojo ✓

Isoroku Yamamoto ✓

Osami Nagano ✓

Hirohito ✓

10. Which United States general led the army in the Pacific and the fighting against Japan?

George Armstrong Custer ✓

Douglas MacArthur ✓

Bernard Montgomery ✓

George Marshall ✓

11. Which ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor when over 1100 US soldiers lost their lives?

USS Louisiana ✓

USS Oklahoma ✓

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?

Guadalcanal ✓

Honshu ✓

Midway ✓

Iwo Jima ✓

13. Which Australian city did Japan attack in February of 1942?

Sydney ✓

Brisbane ✓

Darwin ✓

Adelaide ✓

14. What was the name of th US army general Patton who fought in WWII?

James S. ✓

Franklin S. ✓

Jeff S. ✓

George S. ✓

15. The goal of Operation Detachment was to capture which island in the Pacific in WWII?

Okinawa ✓

Iwo Jima ✓

Midway ✓

Oahu ✓

16. What were Japanese suicide bombers called during WWII?

Ninja ✓

Kamikaze ✓

Kaiten ✓

Bushido ✓

17. In which present country the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred?

Papua New Guinea ✓

Japan ✓

Solomon Islands ✓

Philippines ✓

18. Who won the Battle of Midway?

Japan ✓

Britain ✓

France ✓

USA ✓

19. What was the code name for the U.S. program to build an atomic bomb in WWII?

Operation Cobra ✓

Operation Avalanche ✓

Manhattan Project ✓

Operation Typhoon ✓

20. What scientist wrote a letter to US President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb?

Thomas Edison ✓

Henry Ford ✓

Nikola Tesla ✓

Albert Einsten ✓

21. What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb?

Werner Heisenberg ✓

Niels Bohr ✓

Ernest Rutherford ✓

J. Robert Oppenheimer ✓

22. Which American president ordered to use the atomic bomb against Japan in WWII?

Harry Truman ✓

Herbert Hoover ✓

Franklin Roosevelt ✓

Dwight Eisenhower ✓

23. What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

Rosa Parks ✓

Fat Man ✓

Little Boy ✓

Enola Gay ✓

24. What was the second city the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on in WWII?

Yokohama ✓

Hiroshima ✓

Tokyo ✓

Nagasaki ✓

25. What was the last major battle of World War II?

Battle of Okinawa ✓

Battle of Iwo Jima ✓

Battle of Midway ✓

Battle of Peleliu ✓

26. Where did the "Bataan Death March" take place in 1942 after the Americans surrended to the Japanese?

Thailand ✓

Guam ✓

Singapore ✓

Philippines ✓

27. Who won the Battle of Saipan in 1944?

Germany ✓

Japan ✓

Australia ✓

USA ✓

28. What was the biggest naval battle in the history?

Battle of Leyte Gulf ✓

Battle of Milne Bay ✓

Battle of Bataan ✓

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?

235,000 ✓

535,000 ✓

135,000 ✓

35,000 ✓

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