World War II

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Across
  1. 1. The only nation that Germany declared war on
  2. 3. Canada played a vital role in ______
  3. 4. What was censored by the government during WWII
  4. 9. Contribution women made during WWII
  5. 10. Canadians who made up about 25 per cent of the membership of the Devil's Brigade
  6. 12. On what colony of Britain did Canadian defenders suffer heavy losses (2 words)
  7. 14. This group of Canadians did not have the right to vote during WWII (2 words)
  8. 15. An item that the Canadian government wanted conserved or re-used
  9. 16. Mackenzie King held a ______ on conscription
  10. 18. Howe directed Canadian manufacturing companies to build these war supplies
  11. 23. Known as "the ______", for 57 consecutive nights, German planes dropped bombs on London
  12. 24. Many of these young women had met their future husbands while Canadian Forces were stationed around Britain (2 words)
  13. 25. A battle that was a disaster because of the lack of preparation
  14. 26. Canadians who survived the battle in 1941 were marched to ______ prisoner-of-war camps
  15. 27. The minister of “everything” for Canada during WWII
Down
  1. 2. Hitler and this dictator shocked European leaders by signing a non-aggression pact on August 23, 1939
  2. 3. A concentration of artillery shells arranged to fall in 'lines' to destroy the enemy
  3. 5. Name given to the Nazis' deliberate murder of millions of European Jews
  4. 6. During World War II, Canada used the War Measures Act to create both ______ and prisoner-of war camps
  5. 7. What regal title completes the name of the Canadian Prime Minister during WWII
  6. 8. The government goal was not truth but persuasion
  7. 11. What Prime Minister King promised Quebec people he wouldn't use
  8. 13. Canadians finally defeated the NAZIs using mouse-holing
  9. 16. A time period when no fighting took place
  10. 17. Also known as "lightning war" strategy used by German forces
  11. 19. What was one way the Canadian government used to pay for the war
  12. 20. The day the invasion called "Operation ______" would be launched
  13. 21. This battle involved bitter fighting that finally ended in a Canadian victory
  14. 22. The last name of the enemy's leader
  15. 26. What beach were the Canadians responsible for on the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy