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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
Japan and China
Germany and France
Germany and Poland
2. Which event led the United States to enter WWII?
German invade of Poland
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Sinking of Lusitania
Bombing of London
3. Who was the US president at the start of WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
4. Who was emperor of Japan during World War II?
Mutsuhito
Akihito
Yoshihito
Hirohito
5. When did Japanese Navy attack Pearl Harbor?
1944
1945
1942
1941
6. What was the code name for the Japanese attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII?
Operation Z
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
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?
Britain, China and Korea
USA, Britain and China
USA, USSR and Britain
China, Philippines and Korea
9. Who was commander of the Japanese Navy and a leader in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Osami Nagano
Hideki Tojo
Isoroku Yamamoto
Hirohito
10. Which United States general led the army in the Pacific and the fighting against Japan?
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
Bernard Montgomery
George Armstrong Custer
11. Which ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor when over 1100 US soldiers lost their lives?
USS Louisiana
USS Arizona
USS Oklahoma
USS Virginia
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
Guadalcanal
Midway
Honshu
13. Which Australian city did Japan attack in February of 1942?
Darwin
Brisbane
Sydney
Adelaide
14. What was the name of th US army general Patton who fought in WWII?
George S.
Franklin S.
James S.
Jeff S.
15. The goal of Operation Detachment was to capture which island in the Pacific in WWII?
Midway
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Oahu
16. What were Japanese suicide bombers called during WWII?
Ninja
Bushido
Kamikaze
Kaiten
17. In which present country the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred?
Japan
Philippines
Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea
18. Who won the Battle of Midway?
USA
Japan
Britain
France
19. What was the code name for the U.S. program to build an atomic bomb in WWII?
Manhattan Project
Operation Cobra
Operation Typhoon
Operation Avalanche
20. What scientist wrote a letter to US President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb?
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einsten
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
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
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
23. What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Little Boy
Fat Man
Enola Gay
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 Peleliu
Battle of Midway
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?
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Guam
27. Who won the Battle of Saipan in 1944?
Australia
Japan
Germany
USA
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?
Musashi
Missouri
Yorktown
Bismarck
30. What is the estimated death toll from atomic bombs dropped on Japan?
135,000
235,000
35,000
535,000
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