WWII Map of the Pacific Crossword Puzzle

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