Crash Quiz for Japanese History (1941 - 1945)

When was Pearl Harbour?

7th December 1941

When was the battle of Java sea? (First surface to surface naval battle in the pacific)

27th February 1942

When was the battle of Coral Sea? (First battle of aircraft carriers, objective was Port Moresby) (USS Lexington sank, Yorktown damaged)

4th May 1942

When was the height of the Japanese Empire?

6th May 1942

When was the battle of Midway? (Destroyed all of Japan's carriers)

4th June 1942

Death of Admiral Yamamoto

April 1943

Fall of Saipan, Mariana islands to the US (Gave range for B29 bombers to bomb home islands)

July 1944

Battle of Leyte Gulf (Destruction of Japanese Navy)

October 1944

Battle of Iwo Jima

February 1945

Battle of Okinawa

April 1945

Battle of Peleliu

September 1944

US mines closes off Japan's Shimonoseki straits

May 1945

The Big 6 (Supreme council of Japan) commit to defend the Home Islands

6th June 1945

Potsdam Declaration (Ultimatum by the Allies)

26th July 1945

What was Japan's response to the Potsdam Declaration?

"Mokusatsu"/Kill it with silence, negotiation by being silent to declarations

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima

6th August 1945

USSR declaration of war on Japan

8th August 1945

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

9th August 1945

What was the code word sent to the Japanese carrier, Hiryu from the Japanese aircrew that they had achieved surprise at Pearl Harbour?

Tora Tora Tora/Attack Attack Attak/Tyger Tyger Tyger

What ship was sunk at Pearl Harbour by Japanese Nakajima type 97 bombers?

USS Arizona

What was the operation for US decoders?

Operation Magic

2 Pronged attack by the US

MacArthur goes Southwest Pacific, Nimitz's goes Central Pacific

US versus Japan prewar economic capacity ratio

18:1

Japanese rice harvest levels below levels of 1909

1945

Japanese fishing is halved

1944