Statistics for Famous Pacific WWII Battles

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Japanese carriers, Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, and Soryu were destroyed.	Battle of Midway	92%
Famous flag raising took place here.	Battle of Iwo Jima	90%
"A date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."	Attack on Pearl Harbor	86%
Would provide the Allies a air base to attack Japan.	Battle of Okinawa	82%
This victory would allow the Americans to build runways big enough for its B29 Superfortress bombers to reach mainland Japan and return to their base in Saipan.	Battle of Saipan	50%
US forces retook the island of ------ after weeks of fierce fighting, leading to over 7,000 American casualties and over 18,000 Japanese killed.	Battle of Guam	46%
This was the end of Japanese naval power in the Pacific.	Battle of The Coral Sea	36%
Japan held the atoll throughout World War II and then surrendered it on September 4, 1945.	Battle of Wake Island	22%
Began when the American-British-Dutch-Australian naval command attempted to stop the Japanese invasion of_____.	Battle of the Java Sea	18%