US History WW2

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Across
  1. 2. a Japanese strategy during World War II, in which suicide pilots flew bomb-filled planes directly into the vessels of the Allied fleet
  2. 4. the systematic killing of a racial, political, or cultural group
  3. 13. a form of fascism that promoted the belief that Germans and other Nordic peoples were superior to other races
  4. 15. the bombing of specific targets
  5. 16. the top-secret U.S. government project that developed the atomic bomb
  6. 17. an international organization founded in 1945 to further the causes of peace, prosperity, and human rights
  7. 20. the total value of the goods and services produced in a country in a year
  8. 22. average pay
  9. 24. a nation's independent authority
  10. 25. an American strategy in the Pacific during World War II in which islands heavily defended by the Japanese were bypassed in order to capture nearby islands that were not well defended
  11. 27. the rapid release of a large number of bombs over a wide area
  12. 28. a large-scale military counterattack by a force that was previously on the defensive
  13. 29. the assembling of troops and equipment for war
Down
  1. 1. the glorification of military power and values
  2. 3. a series of international agreements that set rules for proper conduct toward sick and wounded enemy soldiers and the civilians who take care of them
  3. 5. a bomb with explosive power that comes from the energy suddenly released by splitting the nuclei of uranium or plutonium atoms
  4. 6. a system in which the government totally controls all aspects of a society, including the economy
  5. 7. "lightning war," the German military strategy during World War II of attacking without warning
  6. 8. yielding to an enemy's demands in order to maintain peace
  7. 9. a government that is run by citizens of a conquered country who carry out the policies of the conqueror
  8. 10. a court
  9. 11. a center for confining people who have been relocated for reasons of national security
  10. 12. the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II
  11. 14. the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis
  12. 18. a system of legal restrictions on the prices charged for goods
  13. 19. a system for limiting the distribution of food, gasoline, and other goods so that the military can have the weapons, equipment, and supplies it needs
  14. 21. sector the segment of the economy that does not produce goods
  15. 23. a political movement based on an extreme nationalism in which the state comes first and individual liberty is secondary
  16. 26. rights that are regarded as belonging to all people, such as the right to life, liberty, and equality before the law, as well as freedom of religion, expression, and assembly