WWII

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Across
  1. 2. Meeting between Germany and the Allies where Hitler was allowed to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
  2. 3. Another term for military draft
  3. 5. This technology allowed the British to prevent a land invasion by Germany by allowing them to detect enemy planes approaching
  4. 7. The D-Day invasion began on the beaches of ____.
  5. 10. Japanese suicide pilots
  6. 14. Hitler's lightening war
  7. 15. 1st of 2 cities bombed using the Atomic Bomb
  8. 17. The policy used by Britain/France before WW2 to give into Hitler's demands to avoid going to war
  9. 18. Women participated in the war effort by taking over jobs in _____ where they often made military equipment.
  10. 19. Strategy of skipping over Japanese strongholds and capturing weaker targets that would put the Allies closer to Japan itself
  11. 20. Before 1941 the US was _____, meaning they did not want to get involved in European conflicts
Down
  1. 1. The Japanese bombed this US naval base, bringing America into the war (5, 6)
  2. 2. Secret project led by Dr. Robert Oppenheimer to create the atomic bomb (9,3)
  3. 4. Battle in Russia that allowed the Russians to push the German army back towards Germany
  4. 6. Japan's objective in creating an empire was to obtain ______. (3,9)
  5. 8. Civilians helped in the war effort by ________ or limiting their use of certain items like fuel, sugar, & meats
  6. 9. British leader during WWII
  7. 11. Decisive US naval victory over Japan that turned the tied of the war and allowed America to go on the offensive
  8. 12. A policy where all of a nation's resources are devoted to the war effort (5, 3)
  9. 13. Name of the US President during WW2
  10. 15. Leader of Japan during WW2
  11. 16. The conquest of Okinawa and _______ brought the Americans closer to Japan (3, 4)