World War II

5. Bodies of water successfully patrolled by the Royal Canadian Navy to keep vital supply lines open to Britain.
6. The RCAF contributed heavily to this devastating strategic group that targeted German industrial centers.
7. port city where merchant ships gathered in convoys to cross the Atlantic.
12. Canadian scientists and engineers to create weapons and technology.
15. raid on the French coast that provided the Allies
16. policy regarding compulsory military service that King promised to use only if necessary
18. Canadian home front policy where goods like sugar, meat, and gasoline were strictly limited.
20. 1940 agreement between Prime Minister King and President Roosevelt that established a permanent defense board.
21. See Across 12
22. Italian town where Canadian soldiers engaged in bitter, house-to-house combat in 1943
24. Canadian Prime Minister who led the country through the Second World War.
25. Type of bonds widely purchased by Canadian civilians to help finance the country's war effort at home.
27. Country that entered the war on September 10, 1939, entirely by its own vote.
28. phrase used frequently in Canada to honor and remember the sacrifices of veterans.

1. group that joined the workforce in record numbers to fill labor shortages in wartime factories.
2. two year Allied campaign in Europe where Canadians fought in the grinding mud and mountains.
3. beach assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division ON D-Day
4. Infamous German spy who was arrested in Quebec after paddling ashore from a U-boat.
8. Canadian branch of the military that trained thousands of pilots through a famous 1939-launched plan.
9. established in Canada to organize and rapidly increase the production of war supplies and weapons
10. The main Canadian military formation that fought valiantly in the Netherlands and Italy.
11. program that made Canada the flight school for all Allied countries.
12. Vital defense technology co-developed by Canadian scientists to detect approaching enemy aircraft and U-boats.
13. 1941 declaration that integrated the war economies of Canada and the United States.
14. Artillery battery camp located in Ottawa where Canada's first female recruits did their basic training.
16. A group of merchant ships traveling together for protection
17. 1941 battle where Canadian troops were killed or captured defending a British colony from Japan.
19. military branch that grew from a handful of ships into a massive escort fleet over the course of the war.
23. naval campaign of WWII where the Royal Canadian Navy played a vital escort role.
26. Term for the secure Canadian facilities built to hold prisoners in the war.