27.4 Video Quest Victory in Asia

Which battle is generally viewed as a tactical victory for Japan but a strategic victory for the Allies?

Which event prompted the U.S. to announce an oil embargo against Japan in July 1941?

What was President Roosevelt's initial response to the Einstein letter?

What did Onoda require before he would surrender?

How many enemy planes were involved in the kamikaze attacks over the course of two days?

What was the name of the mission carried out by the Japanese that involved kamikaze attacks?

Who was the commander of American forces in the Philippines at the start of the war?

What did Leo Szilard realize when he learned atoms could be split?

What event occurred on the same day as the atomic bombing of Nagasaki?

How did the Soviets obtain information to build their first atomic bomb?

Why was Szilard and Einstein not taken seriously by the US military?

What was military intelligences problem with Oppenheimer?

What was the American perspective on the kamikaze attacks?

What was the scientists fear when they heard about the invasion at Normandy?

Who was the scientist put in charge of the project at Los Alamos?

What was Groves upset about with Los Alamos?

What happened on May 8, 1945 and what was questioned?

Who found Onoda in 1974?

Who was the military man in charge of the Manhattan Project?

What was the primary goal of the Manhattan Project?

What was the name given to the first atomic bomb test site in New Mexico?

What was the U.S. response to the Soviet atomic bomb?

What did Onoda do immediately after returning to Japan?

What was the primary reason for the American desire to capture Okinawa?

What was Hans Bethe’s first two thoughts after the atomic bomb was detonated?

How many days after Hiroshima was the bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

What was the American strategy after Guadalcanal known as?

How many Japanese civilians were estimated to have been killed by Allied air bombing by the end of the war?

Who granted Onoda a full pardon?

How many years did Onoda continue fighting after World War II ended?

Who did Szilard and Einstein write a joint letter to?

How did Szilard want the atomic bomb used?

What was Onoda's original mission on Lubang Island?

What year was Onoda declared dead by the Japanese government?

What religion is the Bhagavad-Gita a scripture for and which Oppenheimer quoted from concerning the atomic bomb?

What was delivered to the island of Tinian in the summer of 1945?

Who succeeded FDR as President?

What was done under a squash court at the University of Chicago in 1942?

What was the immediate cause of FDR's death?

What was Japan's primary motivation for waging war on Western powers, particularly the United States?

Why did Szilard go to Albert Einstein?

What constitutional amendment was passed following FDR's presidency?

Who was responsible for planning the attack on Pearl Harbor?

What happened September 23, 1949?

What was Enrico Fermi’s side bet about the atomic bomb just before detonation?

What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?

Who became president on April 12, 1945?

What inspired Onoda to start a camp for troubled children?

What was the purpose of graphite and what was the danger?

How many people were working on the atomic bomb in 1943-1944?

On which ship was the peace treaty signed (because President Truman was from that state)?