| A | B |
|---|
| Coral Sea | opposing vessels never saw each other |
| Manhattan Project | code name for development of the atomic bomb |
| Java Sea | Most American and Dutch vessels were sunk |
| Jimmy Doolittle | led bombing raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities |
| Leyte Gulf | Japan lost almost all her remaining ships |
| island-hopping | Allied strategy in the Pacific |
| Bataan | sight of horrible death march |
| Douglas MacArthur | commanded American forces in the Pacific |
| Midway | turning point of the war in the Pacific |
| Hiroshima | first city destroyed by an atomic weapon |
