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Fun Facts About Iwo Jima!
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1
What is this a picture of?
Beach House
An abandoned island
Ski Resort
Iwo Jima today
2
Britain’s defensive resources pushed to the limit, ____ began receiving crucial aid from the US
Rossevelt
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
church building
Japan
3
When did battle-weary Marines capture Iwo Jima’s two remaining airfields?
early May
late May
late March
early March
4
There were _____________ men in this famous picture showing the US flag being raised.
9
8
5
6
5
The Japanese would move from area to area in their __________ __________.
Powered weapons
Powered aircrafts
Air technology
Secret tunnels
6
How many days did they fight before the US had finally secured the island of Iwo Jima?
36
53
42
78
7
The five-week long campaign had taken a bitter toll on the ________________ invasion.
Japanese
American
Chinese
German
8
Why is Iwo Jima significant?
Because people died
People got clothes
They needed a place to land planes
People got in trouble
9
How many casualties were in the battle of Iwo Jima?
30,000
26,000
27,000
25,000
10
How many Americans died in the battle of Iwo Jima?
6,800
6,980
6,789
5,999
11
Once the shooting started, the American landing zone turned into _____________.
a cauldron of fish
a cauldron of guns
a cauldron of shell bursts and mortar fire
a cauldron of nothing
12
The Battle of Iwo Jima represented who?
The Germans
The Americans
The Japanese
The Chinese
13
On June _____________ Hitler ordered the invasion of the Soviet Union
June 23, 1941
June 22, 1941
June 33, 1941
June 34, 1941
14
The US government awarded how many soldiers with the Medal of Honor?
30
32
27
34
15
Where is Iwo Jima?
China
750 miles north of Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
750 miles south of Tokyo, Japan
16
Who won the battle of Iwo Jima?
Germany
America
China
Japan
17
Standing in the way of the American invasion were ______________.
33,000
22,500
22,000
23,000
18
If you put all the tunnels they had dug into the island together, how long would they be?
Eleven miles
100 yards
Four miles
One mile
19
On the first day of the battle __________ US marines landed on the shores of Iwo Jima.
35,000
31,000
33,000
30,000
20
What was one of the first goals of the Americans at Iwo Jima?
to win the battle
kill many men
die for the lands freedom
to capture Mount Suribachi
21
Though Soviet tanks and aircraft greatly outnumbered the Germans,their ____was largely obsolete
air technology
tanks
aircraft
weapons
22
Which Japanese Lieutenant was assigned to command the defense of Iwo Jima?
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
President of the United States
Hitler
Mrs. Grant
23
On August 10, the Japanese government issued a statement declaring what?
they would gather every weapon they could
they would accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration
every jew should die
they would quit the war
24
Iwo Jima was the ________ major battle of World War II to take place on Japanese homeland.
second
forth
third
first
25
Fighting at Iwo Jima often took the shape of a deadly game of _____ and __________.
dog and cat
mouse and dog
mouse and cheese
cat and mouse
26
How many marines landed on Iwo Jima?
30,000
89,936
76,850
36,516
27
Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria had joined the Axis in __________?
early 1941
1940
1942
late 1941
28
B-29 Superfortresses, airplane bombers, had begun making bombing runs over what?
Tokyo
German
China
America
29
How many years ago did U.S. Marines stormed the beaches of the craggy?
16
17
19
18
30
Hitler’s conquest of the Balkans was a________________?
an invasion of the Soviet Union
precursor for his fake objective
precursor for his real objective
precursor for any objective
31
What two countries fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima?
Great Britain and Japan
Germany and the Soviet Union
Italy and the United States
Japan and the United States
32
When was the battle of Iwo Jima?
May 13, 1945
January 16, 1945
March 20, 1945
February 19, 1945
33
How many US soldiers died in the battle?
27
6,800
190
18,900
34
The famous picture of the US Flag being raised on Iwo Jima was actually ______ flag.
the first
the second
the third
not the first
35
The other half of Hitler’s strategy was _____________.
save all Jews
the extermination of the Jews
kill as many people as posible
win the war
