WW2: Pacific Theater Trivia
From the 'infamy' of Pearl Harbor to the 'Typhoon of Steel' at Okinawa, see if you have the tactical genius to survive the island-hopping campaign.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously described the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor as "a date which will live in infamy." What was that specific date in 1941?
December 7
Often considered the turning point of the Pacific Theater, which June 1942 naval battle saw the U.S. Navy sink four Japanese aircraft carriers?
Battle of Midway
Before being ordered to evacuate to Australia, which U.S. General led the defense of the Philippines and famously vowed "I shall return"?
Douglas MacArthur
An iconic 1945 photograph captures six U.S. Marines raising the American flag atop what dormant volcanic peak?
Mount Suribachi
What were the code names of the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945?
Little Boy and Fat Man