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1.  After the United States restricted the sale of oil to Japan in 1941, where was their only remaining possible source of supply?

2.  What important targets were missed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor?

3.  What naval battle on 29 February 1942 all but eliminated the Allied ABDA force?

4.  What battle was the first great combat of the Pacific War between carrier forces?

5.  How did Nimitz know about Japanese intentions at the Battle of Midway?

6.  Why is the Battle of Midway regarded as the turning point of the Pacific War?

7.  What was the fundamental difference between the submarine wars in the Atlantic and the Pacific?

8.  What was the principal effect of the Japanese defeat in the Battle of the Philippine Sea?

9.  What was the new Japanese defense strategy put into effect on Peleliu in late 1944?

10.  Why was it necessary for Allied forces to secure Iwo Jima?