World War II Vocab and Concepts

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Across
  1. 2. Belief that political ties with other countries should be avoided
  2. 6. Severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929
  3. 9. Great Britain, France, US, and USSR
  4. 13. Allied invasion to retake France from the Germans.
  5. 15. US general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific
  6. 17. Navy base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese
  7. 18. The Allied term for the German brand of fascism.
  8. 19. Agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another
  9. 21. Germany, Italy, and Japan
  10. 22. Literally means divine wind; Japanese aircraft making a deliberate crash on an enemy target
  11. 24. US president during the Great Depression and World War II
Down
  1. 1. Warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land
  2. 3. Hitler’s three-pronged invasion of the Soviet Union. Targets: Leningrad, Moscow, and the southern oil fields
  3. 4. Political movement based on nationalism that gives power to a dictator and takes away from individual rights
  4. 5. Breaking down armed forces and military
  5. 7. Fascist leader of Germany
  6. 8. Battle during which the Red Army forced the Germans out of a Russian city
  7. 10. process of creating a government elected by the people.
  8. 11. Fascist leader of Italy
  9. 12. Prime Minister of Britain during WWII
  10. 14. Giving in to keep the peace
  11. 16. Final large-scale attack by German troops that was forced back by the Allies.
  12. 18. Roosevelt’s program for creating jobs and improving the American economy.
  13. 20. Japanese admiral who decided that the US fleet in Hawaii had to be destroyed
  14. 23. Hitler's book outlining his beliefs and goals for Germany
  15. 25. American general who helped drive the Germans out of Africa