America in World War II
Across
- 3. name of the facility that built cargo ships quickly
- 5. name of the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb
- 10. abbreviations for the two offices that regulated wages and prices worked to control inflation
- 11. major naval battle in the Philippines
- 13. Women Army Service Pilots
- 15. to deprive the right to vote
- 17. ships that were made quickly to deliver supplies
- 18. Another American beach on D-Day
- 21. Roosevelts chief of staff of the US Army and chief military advisor
- 24. Actual code name for D-Day
- 25. plan to build military equipment without bidding
- 27. US Commander of the Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor
- 29. one of 7 African Americans to receive the Medal of Honor from acton in Italy
- 31. clothing popular with Mexican American teenagers
- 33. city where the second atomic bomb was dropped
- 34. jellied gasoline used in firebombing
- 35. limiting supplies in the US during the war
- 39. Last major battle where the Nazis tried to re-take Antwerp
- 40. Women Army Air Corp
- 41. code name of the atomic program
- 42. first name of the women characterized by the War Effort at home
- 43. Supreme Court case involving the japanese in California
- 44. site of the last hold outs in the Philippines led to a death march
- 45. one of the American beaches on D-Day
- 46. last American stronghold taken after Pearl Harbor
- 48. Island taken by US in the Pacific that allowed bombing of Japan
- 49. led the first American bombing raid on Japan
Down
- 1. Army general forced to flee the Philippines
- 2. attempt by Japanese to knock out Americas most western islands
- 4. means of protecting American Ships in the Atlantic
- 6. a new landing vehicle for water assaults
- 7. The soft underbelly, first allied invasion of Europe
- 8. men clothing with no vest, no cuffs, short jacket and narrow lapels
- 9. major naval battle where ships never saw each other, aerial kept New Guinea safe
- 12. first atomic bomb ever used
- 14. Site of a meeting where Stalin agreed to open the eastern front when the US and GB attacked
- 16. name given to gardens during the war
- 19. means Divine Wind
- 20. name given to the Navajo in the Pacific
- 22. First city bombed with an atomic bomb
- 23. location of the first American landing in World War II
- 26. goal of Hitlers invasion of Russia
- 28. first base taken that was halfway between the Mariana Island and Japan
- 30. site of the war crimes tribunal
- 32. where African American pilots trained
- 36. name given to the new industrial area of California and the south
- 37. name of 2nd atomic bomb dropped
- 38. thick earthen wedges that made fighting difficult in France
- 47. America plan to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific