World War 2

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