War On Japan Flashcards
(25 cards)
Japan sought to establish what they called the
Greater East Asia Co. prosperity sphere
For the military, the highest honor they could get in battle
Die for their emperor
Surrender was considered a
Disgrace
Emperor of Japan
Emperor Hirohito
Date of Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Who is ordered by FDR to leave for Australia
General Douglas MacArthur
He issues his famous speech
I shall return
76,000 American in Filipino troops surrender
The Bataan death March
Japanese Navy is stopped in the attempt to capture port Moresby
Battle of Coral Sea
Commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet during World War II
Chester W. Nimitz
Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific theater during world war two
Douglas MacArthur
Led the air raid on Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
Americans at home followed the war
Newsreels
Were placed in windows of Americans, who lost love ones during the war
Gold stars
The turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
First Land victory for America in the Pacific
Battle of Guadalcanal
Most famous image of World War II, classic flag raising a Mount Suribachi
Battle of Iwo Jima
First assault on the Japanese home islands
Battle of Okinawa
Kamikazes
Divine wind
Code name for atomic bomb project
The Manhatten project
First nuclear explosion
Trinity
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 viewed as potential spies for the Japanese government.
