History 25.6 Quiz

Site of the first atomic explosion in history.

Alamagordo, New Mexico

Wrote a famous note to FDR warning that the Nazis were attempting to develop an atomic weapon.

Albert Einstein

The largest naval engagement in history.

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Gave the United States control of the central Pacific and stopped the Japanese advance toward Hawaii and the U.S. west coast.

Battle of Miday

Site of the official Japanese surrender to the United States in August 1945.

Battleship Missouri

Sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Battleship Oklahoma

Prime Minister of Japan during the Second World War.

Hideki Togo

Target for the bomb dropped by the Enola Gay on August 6, 1945.

Hiroshima

The costliest battle in the history of the United States Marine Corps.

Iwo Jima

Japanese pilots sent on suicide missions against American targets.

Kamikazes