World War 2 Crossword

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  1. 6. After declaring war on Germany, the French and British mobilized their armies along this system of fortifications along the border of France.
  2. 7. More than 20,000 prisoners died while being forced by Japanese soldiers to march over 50 miles up the peninsula
  3. 8. Japan Country that bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
  4. 11. This man set up a government-in-exile committed to reconquering France
  5. 13. This dictator attacked British controlled Egypt to try to gain control of the Suez Canal
  6. 15. Japanese treated these people very harshly because they considered them dishonorable
  7. 16. This battle turned the tide of the war in the Pacific
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  1. 1. Hitler’s plan to invade the Soviet UnionNeutralityacts passed by United States Congress - made it illegal to sell arms or lend money to nations at warLendleaseact Allowed the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to countries that were vital to the United States
  2. 2. Japanese soldiers called this place “the island of death” after more than 24,000 soldiers died there.
  3. 3. British Prime Minister during WWII
  4. 4. Commander of Hitler’s German tank force
  5. 5. Germany violated the nonagression pact with the Soviet Union by attacking________
  6. 9. This dictator signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler in 1939.
  7. 10. air forceBattleofBritain Hitler called it off on May 10, 1941 because of British resistance
  8. 12. Germany’s military strategy - means “lightning war”
  9. 14. Charter Joint declaration secretly issued by Roosevelt and Churchill before United States entered the