POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
RECONSTRUCTION OF JAPANS GOVERNMENT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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False
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True
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In just over an hour, the Japanese destroyed more than 180 aircraft and destroyed or damaged more than a dozen ships. More than 2, 400 U.S. military members and civilians were killed. Learn more in this infographic. Find out where else Japan struck in the days following December 7, 1941.
Detailed explanation-2: -The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2, 403 U.S. personnel, including sailors, soldiers and civilians. Additionally, 1, 178 people were wounded. 129 Japanese soldiers were killed. Half of the dead at Pearl Harbor were on the USS Arizona.
Detailed explanation-3: -2, 008 sailors were killed and 710 others wounded; 218 soldiers and airmen (who were part of the Army prior to the independent United States Air Force in 1947) were killed and 364 wounded; 109 Marines were killed and 69 wounded; and 68 civilians were killed and 35 wounded.
Detailed explanation-4: -The famous attack on December 7 wasn’t the only time Japanese aircraft set out to bomb Pearl Harbor. Top Image courtesy of the National Museum of Naval Aviation. The weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were tense for the residents of the Territory of Hawaii.