World War II

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Across
  1. 2. when countries would give in to Hitler's demands so a war would not begin
  2. 7. began on June 4, 1942, when Japan started bombing the islands
  3. 13. The largest naval battle in history
  4. 14. the the air force of Great Britain
  5. 15. a secret program
  6. 16. American, British, and Canadian troops invaded France on June 6, 1944
  7. 18. A key turning point of the war
  8. 19. a prison for those who pose as a threat to the state or country
  9. 20. The extermination of an entire group of people
Down
  1. 1. the mass murder of 6 million Jews and non-Jews
  2. 3. More than 600 Americans and about 10,000 Filipinos died
  3. 4. purposely crashing piloted planes into enemy ships
  4. 5. The Germans quickly pushed the allied forces back about 65 miles, creating a huge bulge in the allied lines
  5. 6. American and Japanese aircraft carriers and fighter planes clashed
  6. 8. Where allied forces took only the most strategically important islands, instead of each Japanese-held island
  7. 9. Victory in Japan Day
  8. 10. Victory in Europe Day
  9. 11. Great Britain,the Soviet Union, the United States, China, France
  10. 12. a weapon that produces tremendous power by splitting atoms
  11. 17. A term used by the Nazis which meant the extermination of the Jews