World War II
Across
- 2. the flight school in Canada that trained Allies to fly planes for war
- 5. the Canadian prime minister during the time of the second war
- 6. the American base in Hawaii where Japan launched an air attack
- 10. Canadians on the home front grow their own vegetables in these to save money on food
- 13. the German air force that bombed London, England and its airfields
- 17. a large operation made up of smaller ones used to distract the NAZIs
- 18. the treaty that Hitler violated which was a cause of WWII
- 20. the law that forbids sexual relations between Jews Germans
- 22. the period of time when no fighting took place between Germany and the Allies in 1939
- 24. the Canadian women worked as these at the front lines where they helped soldiers medically
- 25. German submarines that attacked Allied ships underwater
- 26. a term used to describe men conscripted for home defence in Canada
- 27. the battle where Allied troops retreated to a beach where British boats had to save them
Down
- 1. British spies that acted as Germans to give German troops false information about Allies
- 2. the lightning warfare to overwhelm opposition
- 3. Canada created the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion during this civil war
- 4. the encryption device used by U-boats to communicate with other German troops
- 6. these wartime campaigns persuaded Canadians on the home front that war was necessary
- 7. Canada was assigned to capture this Italian port from the NAZIs during operation overload
- 8. the dictator who took control over Italy during the second world war
- 9. letters, telegrams, and media were controlled in case information got out to enemies
- 11. Canadians were encouraged to conserve and re-use this material used for tires
- 12. the man put in charge of making sure goods were produced quickly and properly during WWII
- 14. Solution the plan created by the NAZIs to exterminate the Jews of Europe
- 15. the beach in Normandy, France where Canada landed on D-Day
- 16. the Canadian doctor who was asked to leave Spain because he didn't listen to orders
- 19. Canada sent supplies to Britain across the ocean but German U-boats interfered with the transport during this long battle
- 21. on September 10, 1939 this country declared war on Germany
- 23. the battle where the surviving Canadian troops were put into Japanese prison camps
- 27. this battle was the bloodiest and greatest sacrifice to Canadian lives during war and only lasted 6 hours