Chapter 14 Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. WWII battle between Germany and the Allied forces; the German advance created a "bulge" in the Allied battle lines, but the allies eventually prevailed
  2. 6. an area where people from a specific ethnic background live as a group
  3. 7. Hitler's regime's plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union
  4. 9. nickname of the American plane that dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
  5. 10. American general known for tank warfare; he was involved in North Africa, Italy, and the Battle of the Bulge
  6. 11. the killing of an entire people
  7. 17. forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in WWII
  8. 19. limiting the amount of a certain product each individual can get
  9. 20. meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany after WWII
  10. 21. June 6, 1944, the first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII
  11. 22. American Navajos who served in the Marines in WWII; they translated important military messages into a coded version of the Navajo language
  12. 25. the codename for the Allied invasion of mainland Europe in WWII; starting with D-Day's landings
  13. 28. a detention site created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and in some cases, kill civilians
  14. 30. meeting among leaders of the Allies near the end of WWII
  15. 31. American general; he commanded US troops in the Southwest Pacific and administered Japan after the war ended
  16. 32. the killing of millions of Jews and others by Nazis during WWII
Down
  1. 1. a German word for broken glass; an event occurring on the nights of Nov. 9 and 10 during which Hitler's Nazis encouraged Germans to riot against Jews, and nearly 100 Jews died
  2. 2. 34th president; led the Allied invasion of North Africa, the D-Day invasion of France, and commanded the Allied forces in Europe
  3. 3. the name for the forced relocation and confinement of Japanese-Americans to concentration camps
  4. 4. 33rd president; became president upon the death of FDR
  5. 5. a key naval and air battle between Japanese and US forces during WWII
  6. 8. unit of African American pilots that fought in WWII; the first African Americans to receive training as pilots in the US military
  7. 12. May 8, 1945; the date when the Allies celebrated victory over Europe
  8. 13. to take control of a place by placing troops in it
  9. 14. a group established by FDR that helped 20,000 Jews who might otherwise have fallen into the hands of the Nazis
  10. 15. a pilot who agreed to load his aircraft with bombs and crash it on an enemy ship
  11. 16. an international organization that encourages cooperation among nations and prevent future wars
  12. 18. battle between Japanese forces and American troops; fought on an island; over 100,000 Japanese troops were killed
  13. 23. a tactic in which submarines hunt as a group and attack at night
  14. 24. battle between Japanese forces and invading US troops
  15. 26. the codename for the Allied invasion of North Africa during WWII
  16. 27. anti-Jewish beliefs
  17. 29. August 15, 1945; the date when the Allies declared victory over Japan