War in the Pacific
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- Q1April 1942, American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps by their Japanese captors. It is called the Death March because so many of the prisoners died en route.Bataan Death March30s
- Q2U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.Battle of Midway30s
- Q3A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others.island hopping30s
- Q4Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb.Manhattan Project30s
- Q5Native American hero in the battle for Iwo Jima in the Pacific.Ira Hayes30s
- Q6An elite unit of 29 Native Americans that used their language as a code to communicate messages during the war.Navajo Code Talkers30s
- Q7Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships.kamikaze30s
- Q8Someone who forces entry into a place where they are unwanted.invader30s
- Q9To give in or give up; to accept defeat.surrender30s
- Q10Alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan during World War II.Axis30s
- Q11American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe; 34th president of the U.S.Dwight D. Eisenhower30s
- Q12To officially start something.launch30s
- Q13To take over.conquer30s
- Q14Commander of the US forces in the Philippine Islands who directed the Allied occupation of Japan.General Douglas MacArthur30s
- Q15Large warship equipped to serve as a base for airplanes that can take off from and land on its deck.air craft carrier30s