pacific wars

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Across
  1. 2. small firearm
  2. 3. defensive military construction
  3. 7. strengthening of defenses on territories
  4. 8. sudden attack by aircraft
  5. 9. battle that destroyed imperial Japanese navy
  6. 10. native American marines who used their language for secrecy
  7. 12. purpose was to defeat Japan and force surrender
  8. 17. aircraft designed to drop bombs
  9. 18. important because it was halfway between Japan and Mariana islands
  10. 19. underground fortified shields
  11. 20. group of organized soldiers trained for land warfare
  12. 25. member of the armed forces who has been captured
  13. 26. policy extending nations power through colonization
  14. 28. alliance of Germany Italy and Japan
  15. 31. person killed or injured in war/accident
  16. 32. limiting consumption of scarce goods
  17. 35. use of warships to stop ships from entering or leavin
  18. 37. unique survivor group after the atomic bombings
  19. 38. prime minister of Japan for most of war
  20. 40. second and final use of the atomic bomb was on__
  21. 41. the use of atomic weapons
  22. 43. asian axis power
  23. 45. person not on active duty in the military
  24. 47. alliance of nations opposing the axis
  25. 49. surprise attack that brought the U.S. in the war was on__
  26. 50. location of first major allied victory in the pacific
  27. 53. nuclear weapon used on Japan
  28. 54. self-propelled underwater missile
  29. 55. commander of allied forces in SW pacific
  30. 57. armed forces of a country
  31. 59. watercraft capable of independent operation under water
Down
  1. 1. rapid attack influenced Japanese early offensives
  2. 4. commander in chief of the U.S. pacific fleet
  3. 5. naval battle fought primarily by aircraft carriers
  4. 6. final major battle in pacific
  5. 11. designed to project controllable jet fire
  6. 13. branch of U.S. military
  7. 14. first atomic bomb used in wartime was on__
  8. 15. person who serves in a military
  9. 16. military facility where aircraft are housed
  10. 20. large caliber guns used for long range
  11. 21. turning point of the war
  12. 22. Japanese suicide pilots
  13. 23. feeling of being freed
  14. 24. ambitions of the Japanese empire
  15. 27. military control of territory by foreign power
  16. 29. place in which battles took place
  17. 30. aggressive action with weapons or force
  18. 33. secure harbor used for naval operations
  19. 34. grouping of naval ships for specific mission
  20. 36. pacific war had a profound impact on the global__
  21. 39. pacific war ended with Japan's__
  22. 42. battle of Okinawa also known as__
  23. 44. heavily armored warship with guns and serve as capital ships
  24. 46. multi purpose detection system
  25. 48. info that is biased or misleading
  26. 51. federal republic of 50 states
  27. 52. aerial combat between fighter aircraft
  28. 56. formally cooperating with other militaries
  29. 58. state of armed conflict between different nations or groups