WW2 Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 5. The code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
  2. 7. The first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces.
  3. 10. German dictator in WW2
  4. 11. A surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese
  5. 12. He was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
  6. 13. A diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.
  7. 16. A major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
  8. 17. Hiroshima (広島市) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
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  1. 1. British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister
  2. 2. Georgian-born revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union
  3. 3. A word used to describe a surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations.
  4. 4. Italian dictator in WW2
  5. 6. 32nd President of the United States
  6. 8. A major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
  7. 9. A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan during World War II.
  8. 14. A battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt.
  9. 15. A successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942–February 2, 1943).