WORLD WAR II

2. The acronym for the pilot training program established in Canada.
4. Canadian troops surrendered to the Japanese at Hong Kong on this day.
7. These people were relocated to the BC interior or inland farms in 1942.
10. The time at the beginning of the war when no actual fighting happened.
12. These people were very thankful when they were liberated by the Canadian Army.
13. German attacks on this place failed to destroy the RAF.
15. The rescue of thousands of Allied forces from Dunkirk was considered this.
16. The type of attack used by Germany on Poland.
17. The type of formation used by Allied ships when crossing the Atlantic to maximize safety.

1. This invasion on June 6, 1944, was an important turning point in the war.
3. The surprise attack on this military base brought the US into the war.
4. The National Resources Mobilization Act was passed in 1940 to allow this for home defence.
5. Germans attacked Allied ships to disrupt supply lines here.
6. The number of days Canada waited to declare war independently from Britain.
8. The country invaded by Germany in Operation Barbarossa.
9. The place where victory was declared on May 7, 1945.
11. These types of bombs were dropped on Japan near the end of the war.
12. An unsuccessful Canadian raid on German defences.
14. The campaign in this country included dangerous house-to-house combat.