War in the Pacific

1. What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?
It was the first American victory in the pacific and in the battle the Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers, 1 crusier, and 250 airplanes.
2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?
The American forces would invaded islands to keep their resources from the Japanese. If you mean what tatics did the Japanese used (cause that would make much more sence) the Japanese air force started using Kamikaze pilots or sucide bombers in planes and would ram them into American ships.
3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?
The Americans were very close to the Japanese mainland and the Americans could launch bombing runs on Japan from Iwo Jima so the Japanese soliders fought extremely hard.
4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?
The Japanese soliders were fanatics. They would give their lives to protect their homeland. The Japanese lost so many people on Okinawa and it was such a bloody battle that it was a chilling forecast of invading Japan. This is because every single Japanese person who could fight would fight and it would be a extremely brutal and bloody battle where everyone is a threat and everyone is an enemy.
5. What was the Manhattan Project?
The Manhattan Project was the American nuclear reserch project that built the first atomic bombs. Also it was called the Manhattan porject because of the fact that it was based in Manhattan, New York.
6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
Truman decided to use the Atomic bombs because it was estimated for the U.S armed forces to take 1,000,000 casulaties in the Invasion of mainland Japan and the atomic bombs saved lives.