World War 2
Across
- 1. German war tactic of surprise attacks by tanks & fighter planes
- 2. small, fast warships built in Canada to help protect convoys in the Atlantic Ocean
- 4. the Nazis' plan to systematically kill all European Jews
- 6. socldiers trained to parachite from airplanes onto combat areas
- 8. established in 1942 to coordinate wartime propaganda in Canada
- 11. the systematic extermination of a religious or ethnic group
- 12. June 6, 1944; the day Allied armies, including Canada, invaded France; the biggest Allied invasion of WW2
- 14. foreign women who married Canadian troops serving overseas & then immigrated to Canada after the war
- 22. an air campaign launched in 1940 by the Royal Air Force to stop the Germany from achieving air superiority
- 23. acronym for the program to train pilots and aircrew during WW2; it produced half of all Commonwealth aircrew & is the largest air training program in history
- 26. giving in to an aggressor's demands in the hopes that no more demands will be made
- 27. alliance between Germany, Italy, & Japan
- 29. a dictatorship where the government uses intimidation, violence, & propaganda to rule all aspects of the social & political life of its citizens
- 35. nationals living in a country that is at war with their homeland
- 36. the struggle between the Allies & the Axis powers to control the Allies' shipping route across the Atlantic Ocean
- 37. the Japanese bombing of the US naval base in Hawaii
- 38. the German air force
Down
- 1. Japan's attack on the British colony of Hong Kong in which there were heavy Canadian losses
- 3. the policy of remaining apart from the affairs of other countries
- 5. port town in France from which a massive Allied evacuation took place in May 1940, when German forces conquered France
- 7. passed in 1940 enabling the government to do whatever was necessary for the war effort; amended in 1942 to allow conscription
- 9. 1943 Allied battles to recapture Europe from the south, through Sicily & Italy
- 10. to oppress or ill-treat because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs
- 13. widespread attacks against civilians, including murder, enslavement, deportation, & torture
- 15. December 25, 1941, the date Hong Kong fell to the Japanese
- 16. the code name during WW2 for the American plan to develop the first atomic bomb
- 17. businesses & industries owned by the Canadian government
- 18. a bomb containing radioactive material, capable of destroying an entire city or region
- 19. discrimination or hostility toward Jewish people
- 20. a person displaced from his or her home & territory by war or other disasters
- 21. the 9km stretch of beach in France where Canadian troops landed on D-Day
- 24. a vote on a particular issue
- 25. a form of authoritarian government that is totalitarian & nationalistic
- 28. countries fighting against Germany during WW2, including Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, & after 1941, the United States & USSR
- 30. the mobilization of the entire resources of a nation for war
- 31. the killing, torture, & hostage-taking of civilian populations, or the deliberate & extensive destruction of their property
- 32. a ruler with unrestricted power
- 33. social security provided by the government from birth to death
- 34. the act of sending someone back to his or her native land