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  1. 2. were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  2. 6. this order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to "relocation centers" further inland
  3. 10. military campaign of the Second World War
  4. 14. a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa
  5. 15. was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia.
  6. 17. major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
  7. 20. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation.
  8. 21. he largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history
  9. 22. food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks
  10. 23. the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II
  11. 24. was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps
  12. 25. being a national and public holiday. Orléans simultaneously celebrates both
Down
  1. 1. marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history.
  2. 3. one of the most trans formative events of the 20th century.
  3. 4. banning discriminatory employment practices by federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work.
  4. 5. a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II
  5. 7. surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base
  6. 8. was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II
  7. 9. flew hundreds of patrol and attack missions for the Twelfth Air Force
  8. 11. a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication.
  9. 12. an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese
  10. 13. the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of between 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war
  11. 16. known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day
  12. 18. was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places
  13. 19. second of three major wartime conferences among the Big Three