US History WW2
Across
- 2. a Japanese strategy during World War II, in which suicide pilots flew bomb-filled planes directly into the vessels of the Allied fleet
- 4. the systematic killing of a racial, political, or cultural group
- 13. a form of fascism that promoted the belief that Germans and other Nordic peoples were superior to other races
- 15. the bombing of specific targets
- 16. the top-secret U.S. government project that developed the atomic bomb
- 17. an international organization founded in 1945 to further the causes of peace, prosperity, and human rights
- 20. the total value of the goods and services produced in a country in a year
- 22. average pay
- 24. a nation's independent authority
- 25. an American strategy in the Pacific during World War II in which islands heavily defended by the Japanese were bypassed in order to capture nearby islands that were not well defended
- 27. the rapid release of a large number of bombs over a wide area
- 28. a large-scale military counterattack by a force that was previously on the defensive
- 29. the assembling of troops and equipment for war
Down
- 1. the glorification of military power and values
- 3. a series of international agreements that set rules for proper conduct toward sick and wounded enemy soldiers and the civilians who take care of them
- 5. a bomb with explosive power that comes from the energy suddenly released by splitting the nuclei of uranium or plutonium atoms
- 6. a system in which the government totally controls all aspects of a society, including the economy
- 7. "lightning war," the German military strategy during World War II of attacking without warning
- 8. yielding to an enemy's demands in order to maintain peace
- 9. a government that is run by citizens of a conquered country who carry out the policies of the conqueror
- 10. a court
- 11. a center for confining people who have been relocated for reasons of national security
- 12. the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II
- 14. the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis
- 18. a system of legal restrictions on the prices charged for goods
- 19. a system for limiting the distribution of food, gasoline, and other goods so that the military can have the weapons, equipment, and supplies it needs
- 21. sector the segment of the economy that does not produce goods
- 23. a political movement based on an extreme nationalism in which the state comes first and individual liberty is secondary
- 26. rights that are regarded as belonging to all people, such as the right to life, liberty, and equality before the law, as well as freedom of religion, expression, and assembly