Military Leaders and Key Terms of World War II

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Across
  1. 1. General in the U.S. Army Air Force who was in charge of bombing Japan
  2. 3. Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe
  3. 5. Admiral of the U.S. Pacific Fleet who supported the strategy of island hopping
  4. 6. Led defense of the Philippines and later led Allied forces in freeing them
  5. 8. Helped the U.S. break out of Normandy and later rescued surrounded Americans during the Battle of the Bulge
  6. 12. Strategy in the Pacific Theater where the Allies would bypass most islands help by Japan, and only retake the ones they really needed
  7. 13. The main allied power that fought at the Battle of Collecchio
Down
  1. 2. Highest ranking officer in the Army, oversaw troop training and wartime production
  2. 4. The country that took control of Berlin
  3. 7. Admiral who served under Nimitz, playing key roles in retaking the Solomon Islands and the Philippines
  4. 9. Japanese pilots who suicidally crashed their planes into enemy targets
  5. 10. The Allied power who had been fighting longer than any other country
  6. 11. General who first served in North Africa under Patton, and later participated in Operation Overlord and the invasion of Germany