WW2 vocab

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Across
  1. 4. A leader who rules with total authority in a brutal manner
  2. 7. Feb 1943 - Soviet victory which marked a major turning point for the Allies on the eastern front
  3. 8. A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator
  4. 10. Germany, Italy, Japan
  5. 11. The leader who blamed the Jewish for the loss of WW1
  6. 13. The country borders the Soviet Union and Germany
  7. 14. An often negative preconceived opinion or feeling towards someone due to race, gender, religion etc.
  8. 16. This British leader was appointed prime minister in 1940/
  9. 17. This leader became president after Franklin Roosevelt's death and the decision to from the atomic bomb on Japan fell to him.
  10. 18. Hatred, and discrimination towards Jews
  11. 19. Fearful of Japanese spies, more than 100,000 West Coast Japanese - Americans were sent to detention centers
  12. 20. The tyrannical dictator of the USSR who first supported the Axis Powers then joined the Allies in 1941.
  13. 21. After the Japanese bombed the Pearl Harbor, he was the leader who urged the congress to declare war on Japan.
  14. 23. Accepting demands in order to avoid conflicts
  15. 28. August-October 1940 - Germans bombed Britain and heavily impacted civilian life.
  16. 30. First major Japanese defeat
  17. 31. Britain, USA, USSR, France
Down
  1. 1. The largest land-sea-air invasion in history that took place on 6th June 1944.
  2. 2. A govt in which all economic and social activity is controlled by totalitarian leaders and one powerful political party.
  3. 3. Military general and Prime minister of Japan from 1941-1944
  4. 5. Site of Japanese surprise attack on December 7, 1941
  5. 6. Japanese city where the US dropped atomic bombs ending WWII
  6. 9. Hitler's fascist party
  7. 10. Germans with blonde hair and blue eyes were believed to be superior to other races
  8. 12. Prison and work camps for civilians
  9. 15. The US helped Britain by supplying ammunition and old warships in exchange for several military bases in Bermuda & the Caribbean
  10. 22. A fictional character promoting women to take over men's jobs in factories during the war
  11. 24. This leader opposed to democracy because it "divided" the nation and was a fascist dictator.
  12. 25. Hitler's "final solution"
  13. 26. Consumers could buy a certain number of goods so the majority can be sent to aid wars
  14. 27. An economic condition when money loses its value
  15. 29. Japanese city where the US dropped atomic bombs ending WWII