D-Day

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Across
  1. 4. ______ powers were Japan, Germany, Italy
  2. 6. The Allied forces were Britain, U.S., and..
  3. 8. Allied soldiers had to cross the _____ Channel
  4. 9. Code name for D-day
  5. 11. Name for the area of France where U.S. landed
  6. 13. U.S. soldiers carried _____ pounds of gear.
  7. 14. obstacles placed on the beaches
  8. 15. ____,000 ships carried troops to the Normandy beaches
Down
  1. 1. ____ Beach held the most severe fighting.
  2. 2. The American general who planned the D-Day invasion
  3. 3. these boats were created to transport the Allies to the beaches.
  4. 5. Allies used _______ tanks to trick German forces
  5. 7. Paris, France was freed from the Nazis _____ months after D-Day
  6. 10. dropped behind enemy lines to cut off German communication
  7. 12. Name for the alliance of countries that fought against the Nazis