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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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Last updated: August 30, 2021
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1. What two countries were already involved in a military conflict before the beginning of World War II?
Germany and Poland ✓
Germany and France ✓
Japan and China ✓
Japan and USA ✓
2. Which event led the United States to enter WWII?
Sinking of Lusitania ✓
Attack on Pearl Harbor ✓
Bombing of London ✓
German invade of Poland ✓
3. Who was the US president at the start of WWII?
Harry S. Truman ✓
Dwight Eisenhower ✓
John F. Kennedy ✓
Franklin Roosevelt ✓
4. Who was emperor of Japan during World War II?
Akihito ✓
Yoshihito ✓
Hirohito ✓
Mutsuhito ✓
5. When did Japanese Navy attack Pearl Harbor?
1944 ✓
1945 ✓
1941 ✓
1942 ✓
6. What was the code name for the Japanese attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII?
Operation Barbarossa ✓
Operation Z ✓
Operation Valkyrie ✓
Operation Overlord ✓
7. How many days lasted the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
5 days ✓
3 days ✓
10 days ✓
1 day ✓
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 ✓
China, Philippines and Korea ✓
Britain, China and Korea ✓
9. Who was commander of the Japanese Navy and a leader in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Isoroku Yamamoto ✓
Hideki Tojo ✓
Osami Nagano ✓
Hirohito ✓
10. Which United States general led the army in the Pacific and the fighting against Japan?
George Armstrong Custer ✓
Douglas MacArthur ✓
George Marshall ✓
Bernard Montgomery ✓
11. Which ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor when over 1100 US soldiers lost their lives?
USS Arizona ✓
USS Virginia ✓
USS Louisiana ✓
USS Oklahoma ✓
12. The picture of marines raising a flag that was used for the Marine Corps Memorial in Virginia was taken on what island?
Honshu ✓
Midway ✓
Guadalcanal ✓
Iwo Jima ✓
13. Which Australian city did Japan attack in February of 1942?
Sydney ✓
Brisbane ✓
Adelaide ✓
Darwin ✓
14. What was the name of th US army general Patton who fought in WWII?
George S. ✓
Jeff S. ✓
James S. ✓
Franklin S. ✓
15. The goal of Operation Detachment was to capture which island in the Pacific in WWII?
Midway ✓
Iwo Jima ✓
Oahu ✓
Okinawa ✓
16. What were Japanese suicide bombers called during WWII?
Kamikaze ✓
Bushido ✓
Kaiten ✓
Ninja ✓
17. In which present country the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred?
Philippines ✓
Solomon Islands ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Japan ✓
18. Who won the Battle of Midway?
Japan ✓
France ✓
Britain ✓
USA ✓
19. What was the code name for the U.S. program to build an atomic bomb in WWII?
Operation Avalanche ✓
Operation Typhoon ✓
Manhattan Project ✓
Operation Cobra ✓
20. What scientist wrote a letter to US President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb?
Thomas Edison ✓
Nikola Tesla ✓
Albert Einsten ✓
Henry Ford ✓
21. What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb?
J. Robert Oppenheimer ✓
Niels Bohr ✓
Werner Heisenberg ✓
Ernest Rutherford ✓
22. Which American president ordered to use the atomic bomb against Japan in WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt ✓
Harry Truman ✓
Herbert Hoover ✓
Dwight Eisenhower ✓
23. What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Little Boy ✓
Fat Man ✓
Rosa Parks ✓
Enola Gay ✓
24. What was the second city the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on in WWII?
Hiroshima ✓
Tokyo ✓
Yokohama ✓
Nagasaki ✓
25. What was the last major battle of World War II?
Battle of Peleliu ✓
Battle of Midway ✓
Battle of Okinawa ✓
Battle of Iwo Jima ✓
26. Where did the "Bataan Death March" take place in 1942 after the Americans surrended to the Japanese?
Thailand ✓
Singapore ✓
Guam ✓
Philippines ✓
27. Who won the Battle of Saipan in 1944?
Germany ✓
USA ✓
Japan ✓
Australia ✓
28. What was the biggest naval battle in the history?
Battle of Leyte Gulf ✓
Battle of Bataan ✓
Battle of Midway ✓
Battle of Milne Bay ✓
29. On which ship the Japanese meet Allied leaders and signed the surrender in 1945?
Bismarck ✓
Missouri ✓
Musashi ✓
Yorktown ✓
30. What is the estimated death toll from atomic bombs dropped on Japan?
35,000 ✓
535,000 ✓
135,000 ✓
235,000 ✓
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