World War II

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  1. 3. Means “lightning war.” A new type of warfare first used by the Germans in WWII. (pg 415)
  2. 6. German word for “living space.” (pg 414)
  3. 7. Country that Hitler promised to give Stalin in exchange for the Soviets pledge to not attack Germany (pg 41)
  4. 9. Hitler wanted the return of this city because it was an ethnically German city in the Polish Corridor close to the Baltic Sea. (pg 414)
  5. 12. This is the German speaking region of Czechoslovakia that Hitler wanted to bring back under German control. (pg 413)
  6. 14. This British Prime Minister claimed “I believe it is peace for our time” after meeting with Adolf Hitler. (pg 411)
  7. 15. In October of 1936, Germany and Italy created an alliance, known as the ______ Powers (pg 413)
  8. 16. Japan turned this area of China into an industrial and military base for future expansion (pg 412)
  9. 18. In October of 1935, Italy invaded this African country. (pg 413)
  10. 19. Hitler’s violation of the Treaty of Versailles boosted his _________ in Germany (pg 412)
  11. 23. Hitler did not want to fight on two ___________, east and west, at the same time. (pg 414)
  12. 24. The period of time during the German air war against England where they specifically attacked cities (pg 418).
Down
  1. 1. Port city in France that saw hundreds of thousands of French and British troops trapped during the German invasion of France. (pg 415)
  2. 2. Germany could not attack the English by sea so they attacked through this instead. (pg 417)
  3. 4. Americans supported this policy that the country should not be involved in any war (pg 414)
  4. 5. During the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese failed to sink any of these types of ships. (The answer is in plural form) (pg 419).
  5. 8. The United States did this to Japanese assets because of the Japanese actions in Indochina (pg 419)
  6. 10. British Prime Minister who is famous for saying, “We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be.” (pg 417)
  7. 11. The unoccupied part of France that was ruled by a pupper German government was known as this (pg 417)
  8. 13. In 1940, the United States started the first peacetime one of these. (pg 418)
  9. 15. Great Britain and France did little to stop Hitler’s expansion because they believed in this idea (pg 413)
  10. 17. Abbreviation for the Royal Air Force, (Great Britain's air force) (pg 417)
  11. 20. This word means “political union.” Germany had this union with Austria in 1938. (pg 413)
  12. 21. He became the Japanese prime minister in 1941 and began preparing Japan for war against the United States. (pg 419)
  13. 22. France relied on the ______ Line, a string of heavily armed fortresses along the German border. (pg 415)