World War 2 Battles
Across
- 5. second city to be bombed and led to the end of WW2 in Japan
- 6. December 7,1941; no one at battle station and Japan attacks.
- 10. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and destroyed 60% of the city
- 11. Japan withdrew into caves and 12,000 Americans were killed. It was also called operation iceberg
- 12. The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
- 13. 16 B-25 bombers bomb Tokyo on April 18 then land in China
- 14. 1st city to be bombed but it did not lead to Japan's surrender
- 15. atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki and 44,000-75,000 died
Down
- 1. Turning point in the war in Europe
- 2. Afircan American pilots
- 3. Evacuated French and Brits to GB
- 4. 65 mile long running march with no food or water, many were shot for fun or if slow
- 7. Island geography very bad and Japanese built many tunnels. 6800 marines ended up dying
- 8. tank offensive to cut of Belgium
- 9. ships are no longer riveted but now welded