"WWII Across The Pacific"

1. Who promised to "return" to liberate the philliphines? Iwo Jima someone who was described as smelly glob of lava, and ugly. He was critical to the United states and was a huge base.


2. What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs? President Truman knew Japan still had a forceful army that wasnt going to let their homeland be detroyed. And he saw only one way to avoid an invasion of japan. So he had to create a new weapon called the "Atomic Bomb".

3. In 1942, why were the Allies under-strength to fight japan? Because japan had already marked its defeat on the land.

4. Were American Submarines effective in the pacific? Well first off they were used extensively during the Pacific War and were a key contributor to the defeat of the empire of Japan.