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- 2. The code name for the top secret building of an atomic bomb to be used in WWII against Japan on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
- 5. A very powerful bomb that gets its power from nuclear fission.
- 6. A top secret unit of Native Americans used by the US in the Pacific because their language could not be translated and was never broken by Japan.
- 9. The 33rd President (1945-1953). He took over Allied Forces and made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. This decision had radical consequences for the Japanese but began the end of WWII.
- 10. US strategy to defeat Japan in the Pacific by hopping from island to island- securing them, building airbases and defenses then moving closer to Japan.
- 11. a political policy of not interfering with the concerns of other countries.
- 14. an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945
- 15. The 32nd President (1933-1945). Elected during the Great Depression and made it his goal to turn the country's economy around by creating government-funded social and economic programs like the Works Progress Administration and Social Security. During WWII he was the leader of the Allied Powers until his death in 1944.
- 16. In World War II, the day Allied forces started the invasion of France; June 6, 1944.
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- 1. Nickname given to women in the workforce in America during WWII- a propaganda character
- 3. All African-American unit of airmen who flew many very successful missions over Europe and Africa during the war.
- 4. A German submarine used in the first half of the 20th century
- 7. A major United States naval base in Hawaii that the Japanese air force attacked without warning on December 7, 1941. Many American lives and ships were lost.
- 8. The political viewpoint that one's nation and race are superior to all others (the power of their nation was more important than the well-being of the people).
- 12. The agreement between the US and UK (and China and other allies) to lend weaponry for the war in return for leases on naval bases.
- 13. A person who is not a member of the police or military.