WW2 Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 4. Bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japan on December 7, 1941.
  2. 5. A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
  3. 9. A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, Roma, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled people.
  4. 10. Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict
  5. 13. A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II.
  6. 14. "Victory over Japan day" is the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which was announced on August 15, 1945
  7. 16. A battle in February and March 1945 in which U.S. forces took Iwo Jima, a small but strategically important island off the Japanese coast.
  8. 17. A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, usually owned by the government.
  9. 18. Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. Much of the early research was done in New York City by refugee physicists in the United States.
  10. 19. June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
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  1. 1. Two Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs to end World War II.
  2. 2. Two Post WWII meetings of the allies where the division of Germany, the creation of the United Nations, and trials for war criminals were discussed.
  3. 3. a category of activities, made illegal at the Nuremberg war crime trials, condemning states that abuse human rights
  4. 6. Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
  5. 7. Internment Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during WWII. Approximately 110,000 men, women and children-were sent to hastily constructed camps called "War Relocation Centers" in rural areas of the US.
  6. 8. WWII strategy of conquering only certain Pacific islands that were important to the Allied advance toward Japan
  7. 11. May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered
  8. 12. Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.
  9. 15. a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
  10. 16. U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.