World War II in the Pacific
Across
- 2. The name of the city where the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped.
- 5. This battle happened in June 1942.
- 7. This carrier was the center of many of the battles.
- 8. The Japanese retreated in _________ 1943.
- 9. Governments probably spent more than $1 _____________ to fight the war.
- 12. The name of the city that the atomic bomb was dropped on.
- 14. The United States was an important world leader and could no longer return to prewar _____________.
- 15. After Pearl Harbor, Japan invaded the ______________ Islands.
- 17. Japan was a ___________ of several islands.
- 18. The _________ of World War II, came on September 2, 1945.
- 20. On August 6,1945, an _______________ flew over Japan's largest island and dropped an atomic bomb.
- 22. As many as 60 million people may have _________ as the result of fighting during World War II.
- 23. The first test of the atomic bomb took place in ______ 1945.
- 24. Japan's capital
- 25. ___________ told Japan that if faced "prompt and utter destruction" unless it surrendered.
- 26. In __________ 1942, U.S. Navy fliers launched the first air attack on Japan.
Down
- 1. The war in the Pacific was fought mostly by _____________________.
- 3. The U.S. military strategy where one island would be hit by bombs, and another island less defended would be attacked.
- 4. This continued to kill people who had been near the bomb site.
- 6. The code name given to the secret work scientist were working on.
- 10. The number of days that the Japanese and America clashed aircraft carriers and fighter planes.
- 11. A bomb that was created during World War II, extremely powerful bomb.
- 13. Troops who were trained to fight both on land and at sea.
- 16. The ____________ killed more than 70,000 people.
- 19. His famous promise to those left behind was "I shall return!"
- 21. "Victory Over Japan"