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Ww2 in the Pacific

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21 questions
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1
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What attack by the Japanese made the US join world war 2

Pearl harbor

China

Phillipines

Wake island

51% got this right

The Japanese attacked pearl harbor because the US stopped shipment of critical materials to japan
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Who was the US pacific fleet admiral in WWII?

Chester Nimitz

Frank jack Fletcher

William "Bull" Halsey

Winston Churchill

Hard  15% got this right

3

What is the meaning behind the codename "Operation MO"?

Invasion of port moresby

Attack of Rabaul

Invasion of the Philippines

Invasion of tulagi

43% got this right

Operation MO's plan was to cut of the life line of Australia and then later invade Australia
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What is the worlds first aircraft carrier battle?

Battle of the coral sea

Battle of the philippines sea

The battle of midway

The battle of the eastern solomons

Hard  26% got this right

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How long did the battle of midway last?

June 3-7 1942

April 11-16 1942

June 3-7 1943

September 11-16 1945

Hard  31% got this right

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Where did the Soryu, Akagi and Kaga sink in the battle of midway?

Hard  9% got this right

The akagi was sunk by 1. 500 pound bomb from the pilot Richard (Dick) Best.
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What was the USS Hornet's air group called in the battle of midway, where none of them drop a bomb or torpedo

The flight to nowhere

A flight to victory

The flight to glory

The flight to revenge

Hard  26% got this right

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What US carrier is known as the "Grey ghost" by the Japanese

USS Enterprise

USS Hornet

USS Wasp

USS Yorktown

Hard  28% got this right

The USS Enterprise is the most decorated ship in ww2 for receiving 20 battle stars
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What are the 3 islands the US marines landed on during august 7 1942

Florida island

Gaudalcanal

Tulagi

Saipan

43% got this right

The gaudalcanal campaign is the first allied offensive against the Japanese
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What is the codename of the operation to land on Guadalcanal,tulagi,florida island

Operation Watchtower

Operation Overlord

Operation Barbarossa

Operation KA

Hard  14% got this right

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Where is the gaudalcanal campaign located

Hard  3% got this right

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What year did the Japanese retreat from Guadalcanal?

1918
1943
1950

77% got this right

13

When did the US land on leyte

October 20 1944

July 4 1944

October 20 1943

October 20 1945

40% got this right

General Douglas macarthur promised to philippine people that he will return by this famous quote " i shall return"
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What US fleet was tasked to sail to iwo jima

US 5th fleet

US 1st fleet

US 7th fleet

Us 3rd fleet

Hard  24% got this right

15

Where was this picture taken?

Iwo jima

Leyte

Saipan

Wake island

45% got this right

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When did the US marines land on Iwo jima

February 19 1945

April 16 1945

January 16 1941

March 1 1944

Hard  26% got this right

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When did the US marines capture Mt.Suribachi?

February 23 1945

December 28 1941

February 23 1943

February 23 1946

45% got this right

The flag-raising on Mt Suribachi in the Battle of Iwo Jima depicts a second flag raising for the first was small to see
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What is the project that develop the nuclear bomb

Manhattan project

46% got this right

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What US bomber dropped the worlds first nuclear bomb

B-29

B-17

B-2

B-28

Hard  17% got this right

The development of the B-29 took 2x more budget that developing the nuclear bomb
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What were the names of the nuclear bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?

Fat man

Little boy

Castle bravo

Tsar bomb

74% got this right

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Where is the location of the surrender of japan in ww2

Hard  35% got this right

The surrender was signed aboard the USS Missouri in September 2 1945