World War 2
Across
- 3. (WWII) France, Britain, US, USSR
- 4. British invention which gave prior warning of German attack, gave an advantage.
- 7. City in Japan, was the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.
- 8. Japanese suicide pilots used in WW2
- 9. living space in German; want Hitler wanted from the East
- 10. port in France from which 300,000 Allied troops were evacuated when their retreat by land was cut off by the German advance in 1940
- 12. site of a massacre in 1937 killing of 300,000 or more Chinese citizens by Japanese soldiers.
- 14. "Lighting war", a type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
- 15. Invasion of this nation by Hitler led to the Allies declaring war on Germany
- 16. an area in western Czechoslovakia that was wanted by Hitler; many Germans lived there
- 19. Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict; What GB and FR did to Hitler
Down
- 1. Decisive battle in the German invasion of Russia, the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed
- 2. Base in Hawaii was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941, which angered America to enter the war.
- 5. ________ Powers Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
- 6. organization formed after WW2 that replaced the League of Nations
- 9. ______ Act allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S
- 11. A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands to reach Japan
- 13. Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945).
- 17. A ban on trade
- 18. Invasion June 6, 1944; Allied invasion of France