world war 2
Across
- 2. what was a turning point battle on the
- 3. a naval strategy allowing Allied forces to cross the pacific
- 5. lost but eventually retook the Philippines
- 7. after fall of Poland, French and British troops wait for German attack along the Maginot line
- 8. Germany’s final solution
- 9. desert fox
- 10. Project, a secret program to build an atomic bomb
- 12. the Japanese tactic of crashing planes into enemy ships
- 17. when did the Allies attack the German forces with one of the largest invasion forces ever assembled
- 19. Who maintained control of the Soviet Union by killing and imprisoning his political
- 22. What alliance fought Great Britain and the United States in World War II?
- 24. 1st Japanese city to be bombed by an atomic bomb
- 25. became the first African American general in the us army
- 28. was a temporary battle victory for the German army but ended in defeat
- 30. secret agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1941 outlining the two nations' war aims for self-determination
- 32. English prime minister, appeased Hitler at Munich
- 33. restricted areas of European cities that kept Jews separated from others
- 34. Under what political system is the government seen as more important than
- 35. American general who became supreme commander in western europe
Down
- 1. the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.
- 4. Who was the second US president during WW2
- 6. President of the US during Great Depression and start of World War II
- 11. Location hit by the second atomic bomb 3 days after Hiroshima
- 13. Who blamed Jewish people, intellectuals, and Communists for Germany’s problems
- 14. forced relocation or imprisonment
- 15. racially-motivated attacks against Mexican
- 16. What law provided aid to the Allies before the United States had entered the war?
- 18. attempting to avoid conflict by making concessions and agreeing to part of the demands (giving Hitler what he wanted so he would stop aggression)
- 20. group of African American pilots trained
- 21. produces its enormous blast by splitting atoms
- 23. The murder of millions of Jews in Europe by the Nazis is known as the
- 26. the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938.& violation of Treaty of Versailles
- 27. what country was Invaded and occupied by Germany until Allies came to the rescue: D-day
- 29. German air force
- 31. a battle between American and Japanese aircraft carriers that saved Port Moresby