Question: How did Japan view Western embargos?
Answer: as acts of aggression

Question: What percent of oil made up Japan's domestic consumption?
Answer: about 80%

Question: What did the Japanese media refer to the embargoes as?
Answer: "ABCD line"

Question: What would Japan accomplish by peace after their early victories?
Answer: recognize Japanese hegemony in Asia.

Question: Did The Japanese believe they could defeate the U.S.?
Answer: impossible

Question: What was Japan's strategic goal in attacking America?
Answer: defeated by reaching limited military objectives, not by total conquest

Question: What did the Japanese military leadership think the chances were of complete military victory ove the United States?
Answer: impossible

Question: What did Japan want recognised in planned peace negotiations after their initial victories?
Answer: Japanese hegemony in Asia

Question: If acceptable negotiations btween Japan and the United States were reached, what would be done regarding the attacks?
Answer: canceled

Question: What was the conduct of the war against the United States based on?
Answer: historical experiences

Question: How many U.S. battleships were incapacitated in the Pearl Harbor attacks?
Answer: eight

Question: Was America at war when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
Answer: not officially at war

Question: How many Americans died in the Pearl Harbor attacks?
Answer: 2,403

Question: Why did Japan attack America?
Answer: allow Japan free rein in Asia

Question: What were the most vital American ships at the time of the attack?
Answer: aircraft carriers

Question: When did Japan launch the aattack on Pearl Harbor?
Answer: 7 December

Question: How many American battleships were put out of action in the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan?
Answer: eight

Question: How many US citizens were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan?
Answer: 2,403

Question: How many aircraft did the United States lose in the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan?
Answer: 188

Question: Where were the American aircraft carriers during the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan?
Answer: at sea

Question: What program allowed America to sell military supplies to Britain and the Soviet Union?
Answer: Lend-Lease

Question: On what day did the U.S. and its allies declar war on Japan?
Answer: 8 December

Question: How long after the Pearl Harbor attacks did Germany and Italy declare war?
Answer: Four days

Question: Was Germany's declaration of war with the U.S. considered to be sound strategy?
Answer: strategic blunder

Question: how many members did the America First Committee have?
Answer: 800,000

Question: What group was opposed to American involvement in the war in Europe?
Answer: America First Committee

Question: When did the United States declare war on Japan?
Answer: 8 December

Question: How many days after the attack on Pearl Harbor did Germany wait to declare war on the United States?
Answer: Four

Question: Who predicted Germany's declaration of war against the United States months before?
Answer: Commander Arthur McCollum

Question: What date was the first official use of the term United Nations?
Answer: 1 January 1942

Question: Who was appointed to command the Allied forces in Southeast Asia in 1942?
Answer: General Sir Archibald Wavell

Question: When did General Wavell assume control of the Southheast Asia Allied forces?
Answer: 15 January

Question: How spread out were the Allied forces in Southeastern Asia?
Answer: thinly

Question: Where did General Wavell command the Allied forces from?
Answer: Bandung

Question: What islands did Japan invade?
Answer: Solomon Islands

Question: When did Allied forces surrender Singapore to the Japanese?
Answer: 15 February 1942

Question: How many Allied prisoners did Japan take after the Battle of Singapore?
Answer: about 130,000

Question: When did General Wavell resign as commander of the Allied forces of Southeastern Asia?
Answer: 25 February

Question: After Wavell resigned from ABDACOM, What post did he return to?
Answer: Commander-in-Chief, India

Question: When did the Chinese attack Burma?
Answer: March 1942

Question: How many British soldiers were rescued by the Chinese 38th Division on April 16??
Answer: 7,000

Question: Who led the rescue of British forces during the Battle of Yenangyaung?
Answer: Sun Li-jen

Question: How many of Chiang Kai-Shek's troops were controlled by warlords?
Answer: 550,000

Question: What was Chiang Kai-Shek's strongest army?
Answer: Szechuan army

Question: How many Australian divisions steamed from the Mid-East for Singapore?
Answer: Two

Question: Where did Churchill want the Australian divisions bound for Singapore to be diverted to?
Answer: Burma

Question: What Japanese group opposed an invasion of Australia?
Answer: Japanese Army

Question: What was the capital of Papua?
Answer: Port Moresby

Question: What country did Japan isolate Australia from with a blockade?
Answer: United States

Question: Who ordered General MacArthur to make a defense plan with Australia?
Answer: President Franklin Roosevelt

Question: When was General MacArthur ordered to make a defense plan with Australia?
Answer: March 1942

Question: Who was the Supreme Commander of the South West Allied forces?
Answer: MacArthur

Question: Where was MacArthur's headquarters moved to in March of 1942?
Answer: Melbourne

Question: How many Japanese submarines shelled Sydney on June 8, 1942?
Answer: two

Question: What American president was a member of the Pacific War Council?
Answer: President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question: When was the Pacific War Council formed in Washingto D.C.?
Answer: 1 April 1942

Question: Who was President Roosevelt's key advisor?
Answer: Harry Hopkins

Question: Where was the U.S.-UK Combined Chiefs of Staff located?
Answer: Washington

Question: Where was the Australian and Dutch guerilla campaign led?
Answer: Portuguese Timor

Question: What American carrier joined the USS Yorktown to stop the Japanese attack on Port Moresby in 1942?
Answer: USS Lexington

Question: What admiral was the USS Lexington under?
Answer: Admiral Fletcher

Question: When was the Battle of the Coral Sea fought?
Answer: May 1942

Question: What Japanese carrier was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Answer: Shōhō

Question: What American carrier was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Answer: Lexington

Question: In Yamamoto's plan, what northern islands were to be attacked?
Answer: Aleutian Islands

Question: What was the second stage objective of Yamaoto's plan?
Answer: capture of Midway

Question: How many planes did Nagumo have for the Midway invasion?
Answer: 272

Question: How many planes did the United States have in the Battle of Midway?
Answer: 348

Question: How many U.S. planes were land-based?
Answer: 115

Question: When did the Japanese fleet arrive off Midway?
Answer: 4 June

Question: How many TBD Devastator torpedo bombers were lauched from the Hornet?
Answer: 15

Question: How many times did Nagumo change orders for arming his aircraft?
Answer: twice

Question: How many carriers did Nagumo have at the Battle of Midway?
Answer: four

Question: What were on the decks of the Japanese aircraft carriers when the American dive bobers attacked?
Answer: munitions

Question: At what altitude did the American dive bombers commence their attck on the Japanese carriers?
Answer: 10,000 feet

Question: Which Japanese carrier survived the first wave of American dive bombers in the Battle of Midway.
Answer: Hiryū

Question: Who won the Battle of Midway?
Answer: Allies

Question: How many fleet carriers were lost by the Japanese in the Battle of Midway?
Answer: four

Question: What mountains did the Australian battalions fight a rearguard action over on the Kokoda Track?
Answer: Owen Stanley Ranges

Question: What forces releived the worn Australian reserve battalions? 
Answer: Second Australian Imperial Force