WW2 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. the limiting of goods or services that are in high demand and short supply
- 6. Day Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States
- 7. Day marks the end of World War II, specifically the Allied victory over Japan, on August 14, 1945
- 9. The economy and other parts of society are heavily and closely controlled by the government
- 11. A swift, sudden, and intense military attack designed to quickly achieve victory
- 12. Harbor Japan uses kamikaze to bomb pearl harbor.
- 13. Churchill The leader of Great Britain
- 14. A government-imposed restriction or ban on trade, often used as a political tool to pressure another country
- 16. Torch the codename for the Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II
- 17. Gardens vegetable gardens planted during the world wars in order to ensure an adequate food supply for civilians and troops.
- 19. Overlord the codename for the Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II
Down
- 1. Hitler Germany leader and the cause if World War II
- 2. Great Migration The period from 1940 to 1970 when approximately 5 million African Americans moved from the South to the North, Midwest, and West, seeking better job opportunities and escaping racial discrimination in the South
- 4. Giving in to someone's demands or demands in order to avoid conflict or preserve peace
- 5. D Roosevelt led the US to victory in World War II
- 8. Stalin the leader of the soviet union during World War II
- 9. Freedoms Speech Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
- 10. hopping a US military strategy in the Pacific Theater where Allied forces captured strategically important islands while bypassing heavily fortified Japanese positions
- 15. defence zone a geographical region, like the Western Hemisphere, that is defended by a country to protect itself and its allies
- 18. Raid a daring air raid launched by the U.S. Army Air Forces on April 18, 1942, during World War II