WW2

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Across
  1. 3. Victory in Europe Day celebrated on May 8, 1945
  2. 6. A system where the government has complete control over citizens’ lives
  3. 8. Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
  4. 9. Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944
  5. 11. of Poland, Germany’s attack in 1939 that started WWII
  6. 12. Japanese surprise attack on a U.S. naval base on Dec. 7, 1941
  7. 14. A type of dictatorship led by a strong leader with strict control and strong nationalism
  8. 17. Victory over Japan Day celebrated in August 1945
  9. 18. The second Japanese city where an atomic bomb was dropped
  10. 19. Camps where prisoners were forced to work and many died
  11. 20. U.S. strategy of capturing key islands to move closer to Japan
  12. 23. Camps where Japanese Americans were forced to live during the war
  13. 26. Policy of not taking sides in a war
  14. 27. Countries that opposed the Allies (Germany, Italy, Japan)
  15. 28. Countries that fought together against the Axis Powers (U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union, France)
  16. 29. Organization formed after WWII to promote peace
Down
  1. 1. Loans citizens gave to the government to support the war
  2. 2. The deliberate killing of a large group of people
  3. 4. Turning point in the Pacific where the U.S. defeated Japan
  4. 5. Powerful weapon that uses nuclear energy
  5. 7. Secret U.S. project to develop the atomic bomb
  6. 10. The first Japanese city where an atomic bomb was dropped
  7. 13. Genocide where Nazis killed 6 million Jews and millions of others
  8. 15. “Lightning war” tactic using fast attacks with planes and tanks
  9. 16. Limiting the amount of goods people can buy during wartime
  10. 21. A German political party led by Hitler that promoted extreme nationalism and racial superiority
  11. 22. Fascist dictator of Italy
  12. 24. Giving in to a dictator’s demands to avoid conflict
  13. 25. Dictator of Germany who led the Nazis and started WWII in Europe