Battles of World War II
Across
- 4. Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S and between 70000 to 80000 people died.
- 8. Battle in which the Allies went toward Germany, American defenses were off guard, but they pushed the Germans back.
- 10. Code name of the Germany’s invasion to the Soviet Union.
- 11. Several aircraft battles fought for getting Britain, between Germany and Britain.
- 12. Battle between U.S. and Japanese using sea/air forces and turned back the Japanese invasion of Port Moresby.
- 14. A forced walk more than 50 miles up the peninsula that the Japanese used for their captives.
- 15. Sea and air forces battle between U.S. and Japan, in which Yamamoto’s forces lost.
Down
- 1. Strategy, to attack in surprise using tanks and airplanes, first used in the invasion of Poland.
- 2. Japanese attack to the U.S. which damaged sea forces also killed and wounded many Americans.
- 3. French and British armies declared war to Germany there was no attack on either side and it got called the “sitting war.”
- 5. Battle between U.S. and Japanese lost with their combined fleet’s permitted the U.S. invade the Philippines and reinforce the Allies control of the Pacific.
- 6. Battle between France and Germany, France/ British soldiers got trapped and France surrenders.
- 7. Battle between the Allies and the Japanese to stop the building a huge air base and drove the Japanese out.
- 9. Battle between Soviet Union and Germany in which Germany surrendered to the Soviets and cost one million soldiers to the Soviets.
- 13. Battle of Germany and Finnish against The Soviet Union also called the 900-day siege.