World War II
Across
- 1. the the air force of Great Britain
- 3. The extermination of an entire group of people
- 5. a prison for those who pose as a threat to the state or country
- 9. The Germans quickly pushed the allied forces back about 65 miles, creating a huge bulge in the allied lines
- 11. More than 600 Americans and about 10,000 Filipinos died
- 12. a secret program
- 16. Great Britain,the Soviet Union, the United States, China, France
- 18. American and Japanese aircraft carriers and fighter planes clashed
- 19. a weapon that produces tremendous power by splitting atoms
- 20. American, British, and Canadian troops invaded France on June 6, 1944
Down
- 2. A term used by the Nazis which meant the extermination of the Jews
- 4. Victory in Europe Day
- 6. A key turning point of the war
- 7. Victory in Japan Day
- 8. The largest naval battle in history
- 10. purposely crashing piloted planes into enemy ships
- 13. when countries would give in to Hitler's demands so a war would not begin
- 14. the mass murder of 6 million Jews and non-Jews
- 15. Where allied forces took only the most strategically important islands, instead of each Japanese-held island
- 17. began on June 4, 1942, when Japan started bombing the islands