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Chapter 17 Section 3
The War in the Pacific (583)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What countries did Japan claim? | Indonesia, China, the East Indies, Guam, Wake, and the Solomon Islands |
| Who was douglas MacArthur? | The General who led the Allies against the Japanese in the Phillipines, Roose ordered him to retreat so he did, promising the men that remained behind that he would return |
| What was Doolittle's raid? | Colonel James Doolittle led a Pearl Harbor type air raid over Tokyo and lifted American spirits |
| Who was Chester Nimitz? | The commander of American Naval Forces in the Pacific, he defended Midway, destroying Japanese planes and aircraft carriers, avenging Pearl Harbor |
| What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific? | The Battle of Midway, after we won we began island hopping, taking back the Pacific islands one by one |
| What was the first land battle that the Japanese lost? | Guadalacanal, it was just the beggining, after this, MacArthur went back to the Phillipines. |
| After we freed the Fillipinos we took this island, which was important as a base for heavily loaded bombers | Iwo Jima |
| How was the Battle for Okinawa eye-opening? | The Allies had a chance of defeating Japan but it was going to be a very rough war since the Japanese prefered suicide over surrender |
| Who developed the atomic bomb which was a well kept secret even to the president? | J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves |
| Where did Truman order the two atomic bombs to be dropped? What was their effect? | Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Emperor Hirohito decided he didnt want to see his people suffer anymore so he ended the war |
| What did Stalin want from Germany? | He wanted to divide it into sections controlled by the Allies, Roose compromised but kept Stalin's ideas close so Stalin would support him in developing the United Nations |
| What were the effects of the Nazi hate? | Germany was divided into 4 sections, US, France, Britain, Soviet Union. Many nazis were sentenced to death or put in prison |
| What did we do when we occupied Japan? | We helped them out, we formed them a constitution, introduced a free market economy and gave people the power to elect their emperor |
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