War With Japan Flashcards
(22 cards)
The internment of Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans were targeted as potentially disloyal. They were viewed as potential spies for the Japanese government
Which offered the benefit of free college education to returning veterans
The G.I. Bill of Rights
Will be the Military governor of occupied Japan
General Douglas MacArthur
On August 15, 1945 Japan surrenders
VJ-Day
1st nuclear explosion was on U.S. soil on July 16, 1945
Trinity
Code name for the Atomic bomb project
The Manhattan project
Kamikazes
Divine Wind
1st assault on the Japanese home islands
Battle of Okinawa
Most famous image of WWII, classic flag raising on Mt. Suribachi
Battle of Iwo Jima
1st land victory for America in the Pacific
Battle of Guadalcanal
It is the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
______________ Were placed in the windows of Americans who lost loved ones during the war
Gold Stars
Americans at home followed the war on
Newsreels
Led the Air raid on Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Theatre during WWII
Douglas MacArthur
Commander and Chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet during WWII
Chester W. Nimitz
Japanese Navy is stopped in the attempt to capture Port Moresby
Battle of Coral Sea
76,000 American and Filipino troops surrender
The Bataan Death March
_____________ is ordered by FDR to leave for Australia, where he issues his famous __________________ (Blank, Blank)
General Douglas MacArthur, I shall return
Surrender was considered a
Disgrace
For the Military the highest honor they could gain in battle was
Die for their Emperor
Japan sought to establish what they called the
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
