War with Japan Flashcards
Japan sought to establish what they called the:
Greater East Asia Co. Prosperity Sphere.
Who is the Emperor of WWll:
Emperor Hirohito
For the military the highest honor they could gain in battle was to:
Die for their emperor
Surrender was considered a:
Disgrace
Pearl Harbor:
December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor
76,000 American and Filipino troops surrender:
The Bataan Death March
Is ordered by FDR to leave for Australia:
- Were he issues his famous ________________ declaration.
- General Douglas MacArthur
- “I shall return”
Commander and chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet during WWll:
Chester W. Nimitz
Japanese Navy is stopped in the attempt to capture Port Moresby:
Battle of Coral Sea
Supreme allied commander in the Pacific Theatre in WWll:
Douglas MacArthur
Led the air raid on Tokyo:
Jimmy Doolittle
Americans at home followed the war:
Newsreels
Were placed in the windows of Americans who lost loved ones during the war (on final):
Gold stars
Turning point for Pacific:
Battle of Midway
1st land victory for America in the Pacific:
Battle of Guadalcanal
Most famous image of WWll, classic flag raising on Mt. Suribachi:
Battle of Iwo Jima
1st assault on the Japanese home islands:
Battle of Okinawa
Kamikazes (_____________)
Divine wind
Code name for the atomic bomb:
The Manhattan Project
1st nuclear explosion was on U.S. soil July 16, 1945:
Trinity
On August 15, 1945 Japan surrenders:
VJ- Day
Will be the military governor of occupied Japan:
General Douglas MacArthur
The Internment of Japanese Americans:
Japanese Americans were targeted as potentially disloyal. They were views as potential spies for the Japanese Government.
Which offered the benefit of free college education to returning veterans.
The G.I Bill of Rights
