World War II Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. a leader who rules with total authority, often is cruel and brutal
  2. 6. protective measures taken when an attack occurs
  3. 7. hostility toward or discrimination against Jewish people
  4. 10. detention center where Japanese Americans were placed during WWII
  5. 11. deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
  6. 13. prison camps used to hold people for political reasons
  7. 15. sudden, violent offensive military attack used by the Nazis
  8. 16. strategy used by the U.S. during WWII to capture key islands in the Pacific
Down
  1. 1. accepting demands in order to avoid conflict
  2. 2. military blockade
  3. 3. a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into targets, such as ships
  4. 5. removal of weapons
  5. 8. to give out scarce items on a limited basis
  6. 9. across the ocean
  7. 12. the name given to the mass slaughter of the Jewish people during WWII
  8. 14. political system in which the government suppresses all opposition and controls the lives of the people