World War II

4. a secret program
5. began on June 4, 1942, when Japan started bombing the islands
9. Victory in Europe Day
11. a weapon that produces tremendous power by splitting atoms
12. A key turning point of the war
14. A term used by the Nazis which meant the extermination of the Jews
16. the the air force of Great Britain
17. a prison for those who pose as a threat to the state or country
18. The extermination of an entire group of people
20. The Germans quickly pushed the allied forces back about 65 miles, creating a huge bulge in the allied lines

1. Great Britain,the Soviet Union, the United States, China, France
2. The largest naval battle in history
3. purposely crashing piloted planes into enemy ships
6. More than 600 Americans and about 10,000 Filipinos died
7. American, British, and Canadian troops invaded France on June 6, 1944
8. when countries would give in to Hitler's demands so a war would not begin
10. American and Japanese aircraft carriers and fighter planes clashed
13. Victory in Japan Day
15. the mass murder of 6 million Jews and non-Jews
19. Where allied forces took only the most strategically important islands, instead of each Japanese-held island