World War II

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  1. 2. the man put in charge of making sure goods were produced quickly and properly during WWII
  2. 6. the dictator who took control over Italy during the second world war
  3. 8. British spies that acted as Germans to give German troops false information about Allies
  4. 9. the period of time when no fighting took place between Germany and the Allies in 1939
  5. 11. Canadians on the home front grow their own vegetables in these to save money on food
  6. 13. the battle where the surviving Canadian troops were put into Japanese prison camps
  7. 15. the German air force that bombed London, England and its airfields
  8. 17. the treaty that Hitler violated which was a cause of WWII
  9. 18. the flight school in Canada that trained Allies to fly planes for war
  10. 19. the lightning warfare to overwhelm opposition
  11. 21. a term used to describe men conscripted for home defence in Canada
  12. 23. Canada sent supplies to Britain across the ocean but German U-boats interfered with the transport during this long battle
  13. 24. Solution the plan created by the NAZIs to exterminate the Jews of Europe
  14. 25. these wartime campaigns persuaded Canadians on the home front that war was necessary
  15. 28. Canadians were encouraged to conserve and re-use this material used for tires
  16. 29. the encryption device used by U-boats to communicate with other German troops
  17. 30. the Canadian women worked as these at the front lines where they helped soldiers medically
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  1. 1. the American base in Hawaii where Japan launched an air attack
  2. 3. the beach in Normandy, France where Canada landed on D-Day
  3. 4. on September 10, 1939 this country declared war on Germany
  4. 5. the Canadian doctor who was asked to leave Spain because he didn't listen to orders
  5. 7. Canada created the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion during this civil war
  6. 10. the Canadian prime minister during the time of the second war
  7. 12. the battle where Allied troops retreated to a beach where British boats had to save them
  8. 14. letters, telegrams, and media were controlled in case information got out to enemies
  9. 16. German submarines that attacked Allied ships underwater
  10. 20. this battle was the bloodiest and greatest sacrifice to Canadian lives during war and only lasted 6 hours
  11. 22. Canada was assigned to capture this Italian port from the NAZIs during operation overload
  12. 26. a large operation made up of smaller ones used to distract the NAZIs
  13. 27. the law that forbids sexual relations between Jews Germans