McLaughlin's WWII

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  1. 4. On August 6th, 1945 the first of two Atomic bombs was dropped on this Japanese city
  2. 8. This was the research project for the Atomic Bomb
  3. 10. The attack on ___ brought the United States into the war.
  4. 12. Leader of the Soviet Union
  5. 13. When the Japanese forced the Allied soldiers to walk 65 miles in 6 days
  6. 14. The United States was known as this due to its industrial might and ability to supply its allies with war materials
  7. 15. The largest amphibious invasion in history, launched by Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944
  8. 16. The Allied strategy in the Pacific where they would take over island that were strategically important.
  9. 17. The Battle of ___ was the bloodiest battle in the Pacific due to the Japanese being heavily entrenched in tunnels and caves.
  10. 19. Together, Germany, Italy and Japan were known as the ___.
  11. 21. The day marking Japan’s surrender and the official end of World War II, celebrated on August 15, 1945, in most countries
  12. 22. sea The Battle of the ____ was done entirely by airplanes that took off from aircraft carriers resulting in heavy losses for both sides and it was the first time since PH that Japan had been stopped and turned back
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  1. 1. Was the turning point in the war in the Pacific, as the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers
  2. 2. Prime Minister of Britain
  3. 3. Leader of Italy
  4. 4. Prime Minister of Japan
  5. 5. U.S. general who led Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II and fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines
  6. 6. President of the United States
  7. 7. The first two acts outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war and the third act banned arms sales and loans to nations engaged in civil wars
  8. 9. Allowed warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships
  9. 11. May 8th, 1945 is known as ____ or when the war ended in Europe.
  10. 18. Required the removal of people of Japanese ancestry from California and parts of Washington, Oregon, and Arizona
  11. 19. Leader of Germany
  12. 20. On April 12th 1945, ___ was sworn in as President of the United States after FDR's death.