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Quiz about World War II in Alaska
Quiz about World War II in Alaska

World War II in Alaska Trivia Quiz

General knowledge quiz of the little known World War II campaign in the Aleutians.

A multiple-choice quiz by webnut. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
webnut
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
347,929
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
301
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was the intent of the Imperial Japanese High Command in the campaign? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. What were the names of the two Japanese aircraft carriers that were the vanguard of the Japanese Mobile Task Force attacking the Aleutians?
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Question 3 of 10
3. What Japanese aircraft was found by an American patrol plane virtually intact on Akutan Island? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. On what date was Dutch Harbor (Unalaska Island) first attacked by the Japanese? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. What were the names of the two American carriers that were the vanguard of Task Force 16 ordered to intercept the Japanese Mobile Task Force in the Aleutians? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Admiral Yamamoto, thinking the Americans might counter attack after the fall of Kiska and Attu, reinforced the Japanese Mobile Task Force with what two additional aircraft carriers? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. On what date did Japanese Naval Landing Forces land on Kiska and Attu? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. What U.S. Army General was in command of the Alaska defense force? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. What U.S. Navy Admiral was in command of Northern Pacific Force (Task Force 8) in the Aleutian theater. Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. What U.S. Admiral replaced the previous Commander of (Task Force 8)? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was the intent of the Imperial Japanese High Command in the campaign?

Answer: Diversion / Feint

 The Imperial Japanese Naval High Command, knowing their assets to be limited, prosecuted the campaign in the Aleutians as a feint in order to draw
American naval forces from the mid and south Pacific areas of operations, namely Midway Island.
2. What were the names of the two Japanese aircraft carriers that were the vanguard of the Japanese Mobile Task Force attacking the Aleutians?

Answer: Ryujo / Junyo

 Six weeks prior to the attack of Dutch Harbor by the planes from the Ryujo and Junyo, the Ryujo's flight deck had been holed by one of Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's bombers during the raid on Tokyo.
3. What Japanese aircraft was found by an American patrol plane virtually intact on Akutan Island?

Answer: Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 Model 21 "Zeke"

 Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga crash landed his crippled aircraft, a Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 Model 21 "Zeke", after reportedly shooting down an American PBY Catalina.
The find gave the Americans invaluable information on the technically advanced fighter.
4. On what date was Dutch Harbor (Unalaska Island) first attacked by the Japanese?

Answer: June 3, 1942

 Just by chance or fate, the eye of a storm was just passing over Dutch Harbor
when 15 of Ryujo's attack planes broke from the clouds unchecked.
5. What were the names of the two American carriers that were the vanguard of Task Force 16 ordered to intercept the Japanese Mobile Task Force in the Aleutians?

Answer: Enterprise / Hornet

 Admiral Nimitz regretfully recalled Task Force 16 on June 11, 1942 and it never
made contact with the Japanese Mobile Task Force.
6. Admiral Yamamoto, thinking the Americans might counter attack after the fall of Kiska and Attu, reinforced the Japanese Mobile Task Force with what two additional aircraft carriers?

Answer: Zuiho / Zuikaku

 Japanese Intelligence was just guessing when it suggested the American fleet might be coming north.
7. On what date did Japanese Naval Landing Forces land on Kiska and Attu?

Answer: June 7, 1942

 Japanese Landing Forces at Kiska and Attu were virtually unopposed, due to lack
of manpower, material and poor communications.
8. What U.S. Army General was in command of the Alaska defense force?

Answer: Simon B. Buckner Jr.

 Lt.Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. went on to head the 10th Army and was killed in action on Okinawa 18 June 1945, the highest ranking U.S. officer to fall.
9. What U.S. Navy Admiral was in command of Northern Pacific Force (Task Force 8) in the Aleutian theater.

Answer: Robert A. Theobald

 Rear Admiral Theobald was aboard his temporary flagship USS Dobbin (AD-3)
moored at Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941.
10. What U.S. Admiral replaced the previous Commander of (Task Force 8)?

Answer: Thomas C. Kinkaid

 In 1937 Captain Kinkaid was given his second seagoing command, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35). This famous ship delivered components for the first atomic bomb to the Island of Tinian.
The USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was then sunk on July 30, 1945 by the Japanese submarine I-58 causing the greatest loss of life in a single sinking in the history of the U. S. Navy.
Source: Author webnut

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