World War II
Across
- 2. name of the Japanese emperor, known as Showa, who brought the rise of dictatorship to Japan through General Hideki Tojo.
- 3. the movement favored a strong national government and was found in Italy during World War II.
- 5. the city where representatives from the U.S., U.K., the Soviet Union, and China met to establish an organization meant to keep peace (United Nations).
- 6. an island invaded by U.S. marines. There was a six-month battle for this island that became a vicious campiagn. In the end, the U.S. cut off Japanese shipments, causing Japan to evacuate the island.
- 8. international organization established by the Treaty of Paris in an attempt to maintain peace. Nationalism to individual arguments prevented this organization from working efficiently.
- 9. an area in Western Germany that the treaty had made a demilitarized zone, meaning that it was free from control.
- 10. the prime minister in the United Kingdom who replaced Chamberlain. He told the British people to expect nothing but "blood, toil, tears, and sweat".
Down
- 1. the name of the operation of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
- 4. Hitler broke the Munich agreement and seized the rest of ______________ (country).
- 6. one of the causes of World War II. A worldwide economic slump that halted improvements and unemployed many in Europe and the U.S. in the late 1920s and 1930s.
- 7. a method of warfare introduced by the Germans, also known as lightning war.
- 11. German persecution of Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, and others. Millions were persecuted and murdered.