Question

A map shows World War II in the Pacific. Yellow arrows indicate the years in which Allied forces pushed west from island to island to reach Japan. In 1942, Japan occupied many islands in the South Pacific Ocean including Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Mariana Islands, Wake Island, Iwo Jima, New Britain, New Guinea, Celebes, Philippines, Java, and Sumatra, plus the mainland countries of French Indochina, Thailand, Burma, and Manchuria. Each of these regions was attacked and controlled by the Allied forces.

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From which islands in the eastern Pacific shown on the map did the Allies advance? (5 points)

Hawaiian Islands

Marianna Islands

Marshall Islands

Philippine Islands

Answer 1

It is A

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Answer 2

A

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This is a good map for any student of WWII. I'd sure make a color print of it for reference.

It looks to me as though the attack began from the Hawaiian Islands. Those Islands are on the Eastern Edge of the map. So I would pick A