World War II

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