TURNING POINTS IN THE PACIFIC QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Why did the Allies capture so few Japanese soldiers when they attacked Iwo Jima? CORRECT ANSWER b. The Japanese had planned for no surviving prisoners. Which of the following losses changed the Japanese plan to continues advancing and taking islands in the Pacific? CORRECT ANSWER a. Japan's loss of aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway. Which is a result of island-hopping? CORRECT ANSWER b. The end of the war was faster and fewer lives were lost. As a result of Japan's increasing use of suicide attacks in 1945, Allied leaders began CORRECT ANSWER c. thinking of a new strategy besides invading the Japanese mainland. What new weapon made Allied leaders worry about the cost of i banding the Japanese mainland? CORRECT ANSWER a. kamikaze fighters The World War II strategy used by the US for attacking Japan was called CORRECT ANSWER b. island hopping. Which of the following arguments decided the debate over using the atomic bomb against Japan in 1945? CORRECT ANSWER c. Using the bomb would shorten the war and avoid heavy casualties among invading troops.