WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEATER OF WWII
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cut off supply lines through the Coral Sea
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Attack Alaska to prepare to attack the US mainland
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Cut off supply lines in the Indian Ocean
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Attack the ports of Los Angeles and San Francisco
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Detailed explanation-1: -Japan hoped to defeat the US Pacific Fleet and use Midway as a base to attack Pearl Harbor, securing dominance in the region and then forcing a negotiated peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -Japan’s Ambitions in the Pacific Hoping to replicate the success of the Pearl Harbor attack, Yamamoto decided to seek out and crush the rest of the U.S. Pacific fleet with a surprise attack aimed at the Allied base at Midway Island.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Japanese would use the terrain to slow the American advance, and the Japanese would attempt to bleed the Allied Naval forces. The American forces would conduct a massive artillery barrage followed by a sweeping maneuver to take the island. The Navy would defend the sky and support the American advance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Japanese strategy in Pearl Harbor was based on relying on naval airpower over land-based planes. This is a customary approach to war today, but in 1941 it was a radically new form of warfare that challenged conventional wisdom in the still-early days of aerial combat.