WW2 Facts

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Across
  1. 1. Winston Churchill took __’s place as P.M. of the UK in 1940.
  2. 6. Both __ were nuked by the US in order to end the war.
  3. 10. The attack on __ was one of the worst air to naval attacks.
  4. 13. The __ contributed the most troops, and deaths to the war by far.
  5. 14. The “war” that occurred between the US and USSR shortly after WW2.
  6. 15. The war started because Germany was extremely __.
  7. 17. The Germans took most of France’ land and turned what remained into __ France.
  8. 19. A landing in Normandy that changed the tide of war.
  9. 20. The strategy used by the Germans to take the Lowlands and France.
Down
  1. 2. Germany bombed __ to try and oust the UK out of the war.
  2. 3. The potential German ally of __ couldn’t participate as they were recovering from their civil war.
  3. 4. The hilariously named tanks produced by the Germans with __ then the version number, exp. __ 2.
  4. 5. __ Atoll was fought over in the battle of __, where the Japanese faced a major loss.
  5. 7. The first victim country of Germany.
  6. 8. The forest that the Germans moved through that the Allies thought was impenetrable.
  7. 9. The UK employed the strategy of __ to delay war and rearm.
  8. 11. The last ditch effort for Germany to win the war.
  9. 12. The US ended the war by dropping __ nukes on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) killing thousands.
  10. 16. The __ Republic was poor before the war.
  11. 18. The first name of the ruler of Germany during WW2.