WWII (Europe and Pacific)
Across
- 3. Technology used to detect incoming aircraft, also the character from M*A*S*H
- 6. US, UK, France, China, and USSR
- 8. Battle of _______,"turning point" in the war in the Pacific
- 11. US war strategy in the Pacific
- 12. This plan involved the US giving $$ to Europe, partially in an attempt to prevent 1-Down
- 14. 1922 ____ ______ treaty, signed by US, UK, France, Italy, and Japan agreeing to freeze navies
- 16. Name of the operation employed in 5-Across
- 18. US entered WWII in direct response to ________
- 23. Name of the operation employed in 4-Across
- 24. Job for Navajo troops during WWII
- 25. Decisive battle in Germany's invasion of Russia
- 26. Leader of "Free French" forces in exile
- 28. Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe
- 30. Ideology promoted by You Know Who and dabbled in by Kanye West
- 31. Sandy battle incited by the Allies to force Germany to open a second front
- 32. Battle of ______, Germany's amphibious invasion of which historically infamous island?
- 33. PM of GB during WWII
- 34. 1934 doctrine stating that Japan could act unilaterally to keep peace in Asia
Down
- 1. Hitler's failed attempt to invade the USSR
- 2. The US feared that the post-WWII poverty and famine in Europe would give rise to ______
- 4. Senior US officer who commanded the Southwest Pacific theater
- 5. Battle of _______,first naval battle where the fleets never saw each other
- 7. Incredibly hard-fought battle, US wanted this island to act as a base for the mainland
- 9. Admiral who planned attack on Pearl Harbor
- 10. Pres of US during WWII
- 13. German air force
- 15. Physicist, leader of the Manhatten Project, Irish in another life
- 17. Germany's "flashy" war strategy to avoid a long war
- 19. Battle of Attrition fought between Germany and GB in Egypt
- 20. Where the most notorious German war criminals were tried
- 21. Governmental system led by a totalitarian dictator emphasizing nationalism
- 22. German encoding machine
- 27. Hitler's expansionist ideology was partially driven by the desire to acquire ______
- 29. Site of the last battle in the Pacific before Little Boy and Fat Man
- 30. US Admiral who controlled central Pacific theater but eventually gained full control