chapter idk (general something mcarthur) Flashcards

1
Q

random Pearl Harbor

A

december 1 1941 Pearl Harbor

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2
Q

is ordered by FDR to leave Australia

A

General Douglas MacArthur

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3
Q

where he issues his famous declaration

A

I shall return

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4
Q

76000 American and Filipino troops surrender

A

The Bataan Death March

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5
Q

japan sought to establish what they call

A

Greater East Asia Co. Prosperity Sphere

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6
Q

for the military the highest honor they could gain in battle was

A

die for their emperor

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7
Q

surrender was considered a

A

disgrace

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8
Q

random japan emperor

A

Emperor Hirohito

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9
Q

Japanese Navy is stopped in the attempt to capture Port Moresby

A

Battle of Coral Sea

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10
Q

commander and chief of the US Pacific fleet during ww2

A

Chester w. Nimitz

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11
Q

supreme allied commander in the pacific theater during ww2

A

douglas macarthur

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12
Q

led the air raid on tokyo

A

jimmy dolittle

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13
Q

americans at home followed the war

A

newsreels

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14
Q

were placed in the window of americans who lost loved ones during the war

A

gold stars

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15
Q

it is the turning point of the war in the pacific

A

battle of midway

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16
Q

first land victory for america in the pacific

A

battle of guadalcanal

17
Q

random battle on island nation

A

battle of iwo jima

18
Q

random image question

A

most famous image of ww2, classic flag raising on mt. suribachi

19
Q

first assault on the japanese home islands

A

battle of okinawa

20
Q

kamikazees

A

divine wind

21
Q

code name for the bomb project

A

the manhattan project

22
Q

first nuclear explosion was on US soil on july 16

A

trinity

23
Q

japan surrenders

A

on august 15 1945 japan surrenders; VJ day

24
Q

will be the military governor of occuied japan

A

douglas macarthur

25
Q

important events during ww2

A

Japanese Americans were targeted as potentially disloyal, They were viewed as potential spies for the Japanese government.

26
Q

which offered the benefit of free college education to returning veterans

A

GI Bill of Rights