WWII Map of the Pacific Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. political and international relations influenced by geographical factors
- 5. a major battle which brought the Allies closer to Japanese land
- 7. a military base in Hawaii, which the Japanese bombed
- 10. Japan's _ of all of its formerly controlled territories gave freedom to all of the nations in these territories.
- 12. the general area in which all of the Pacific battles were fought
- 13. Japan has taken over a lot of _ including Korea, Taiwan, and various Pacific Islands.
- 15. at the end of the war, the United States became powerful and took control of former Japanese _
Down
- 1. a strategy adopted by the Allies for capturing key islands and bypassing heavily fortified Japanese positions
- 2. a fight between large organized armed forces
- 3. the battle of _ was a key battle to halt the Japanese advances
- 5. many nations gained _ after the United Nations established trust to former Japanese-controlled islands, ultimately leading to the _ of several Pacific nations
- 6. a prefecture in southern Japan that provided the Allied forces an airbase for bombers to attack Japan
- 8. in 1941, during this month, Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor
- 9. the United States was in control of both this territory and Guam
- 11. an international military coalition formed during WW2 to oppose the Axis Powers
- 14. Japan was very aggressive in establishing their _ to Pacific islands