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