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