After Japan moved into southern Indochina in July 1941, what U.S. action increased pressure before Pearl Harbor?

Japan's December 1941 strike at Pearl Harbor targeted battleships and airfields. What did Japanese leaders hope this would do?

Within hours of Pearl Harbor, Japanese aircraft struck U.S. forces in the Philippines. What problem did this create for MacArthur's command?

The April 1942 Doolittle Raid bombed targets in several Japanese cities. What was one intended effect?

Why did Japan push toward Southeast Asia and the Dutch East Indies in 1941-1942?

At Coral Sea in May 1942, carriers fought without surface ships firing directly at each other. What was the strategic result?

In June 1942, U.S. carriers ambushed a Japanese fleet heading toward an atoll northwest of Hawaii. How did the Battle of Midway end?

After months of fighting around an airfield in the southern Solomons, how did the Guadalcanal campaign end?

At Betio in Tarawa Atoll in November 1943, what did four days of fighting show U.S. planners?

During the June 1944 fight west of the Marianas, U.S. carrier fighters shot down waves of Japanese aircraft. What was the larger result?

What did the Japanese navy fail to do at Leyte Gulf in October 1944?

Okinawa put U.S. forces close to Japan but brought mass kamikaze attacks and heavy casualties. What did its cost suggest?

American planners sometimes bypassed Japanese bases such as Rabaul rather than storm them. Why could that work?

Why were the Mariana Islands especially valuable after U.S. forces captured them in 1944?

Why did MacArthur's Southwest Pacific advance seize airfields along New Guinea before moving farther west?

The Allies advanced through both the Central Pacific and the Southwest Pacific. What advantage did this two-pronged approach give?

Which commander was ordered out of the Philippines in 1942 and returned with the Leyte landings in October 1944?

Which commander directed the Central Pacific drive through the Gilberts, Marshalls, and Marianas?

At the Battle of the Philippine Sea, whose Task Force 58 carrier planes fought the air battle remembered as the Marianas Turkey Shoot?

What did the Potsdam Declaration of July 1945 call on Japan to do?

Which pair of events came between the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Japan's decision to surrender?

Where was Japan's formal Instrument of Surrender signed on September 2, 1945?

Who announced on August 14, 1945 that Japan had fully accepted the Potsdam surrender terms?

Which event came earliest in the Pacific war?

Which sequence is in the correct order?

Use the map. The ? atoll lies northwest of Hawaii and east of Japan; which 1942 battle was fought there?

Read the shaded map. Which U.S. territory lay inside the Japanese perimeter shown for mid-1942?

Use the route map. The ? stop between the Marianas and the Ryukyus was taken in 1945; which island was it?

The map shows a bomber-range line first reaching Tokyo from the ? island group captured in 1944. Which group is ?

Use the map. The ? island in the Palaus was secured in a costly assault to protect the flank of the coming Leyte invasion; which island is it?

Read the map. The ? island in the Ryukyus lies between Taiwan and Kyushu; which major 1945 battle was fought there?

Use the Philippines map. The ? central island is where MacArthur returned in October 1944; which island is it?

Use the Solomons map. The ? island with Henderson Field blocked Japan's push toward the Allied supply line; which island is it?

Read the Central Pacific map. The ? atoll in the Gilberts was seized in a costly November 1943 assault; which place is it?

Use the map. After the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, Japan called off its seaborne landing at the circled port. Which port was it?