Battles
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- 4. A major battle fought near Japan by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
- 6. code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.
- 8. Naval base in Hawaii known for being bombed by Japanese jets
- 9. one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with an estimated 2 million total casualties. Germany and the soviet union fought against each other in this war.
- 10. also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign during World War II.
- 12. also known as the Tokyo Raid by the United States on the Japanese capital, Tokyo
- 15. comparative inaction at the beginning of World War II between the German invasion of Poland and Norway
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- 1. Japanese city known for being bombed
- 2. concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front to break through opponents line of defense.
- 3. took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
- 5. a battle happened in this city in France
- 7. Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.
- 11. transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.
- 13. A tiny Japanese island 680 miles away from Toky in which a battle happened
- 14. largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands.