Wat In Pacific Flashcards
Who was always there to stop Japan
The U. S.
Who was Americas commander who started a campaign
Douglas MacArthur
A campaign to capture some Japanese islands while skipping over others
Island hoping
Who are now going to attack Japan
All the allies
Did Japan surrender
No they would rather die than be captured by the enemy
What is Kamikaze
Suicide pilots who would run their plane into Allie war ships
Who is the US president
Henry Truman
What was Trumans threat
That Japan would surrender or he would drop a bomb
When did America drop the first Bomb
August 6, 1945
How many people did it kill
70,000
Where did America drop the first bomb
Hiroshima
Where did America drop the second bomb
Nagasaki
What date sis America drop the second bomb
August 8, 1945
When did the war end? Date?
When Hirohito surrendered
August 10, 1945
Who quickly took over most of the islands in the pacific
Japan
