Across
- 1. The only nation that Germany declared war on
- 3. Canada played a vital role in ______
- 4. What was censored by the government during WWII
- 9. Contribution women made during WWII
- 10. Canadians who made up about 25 per cent of the membership of the Devil's Brigade
- 12. On what colony of Britain did Canadian defenders suffer heavy losses (2 words)
- 14. This group of Canadians did not have the right to vote during WWII (2 words)
- 15. An item that the Canadian government wanted conserved or re-used
- 16. Mackenzie King held a ______ on conscription
- 18. Howe directed Canadian manufacturing companies to build these war supplies
- 23. Known as "the ______", for 57 consecutive nights, German planes dropped bombs on London
- 24. Many of these young women had met their future husbands while Canadian Forces were stationed around Britain (2 words)
- 25. A battle that was a disaster because of the lack of preparation
- 26. Canadians who survived the battle in 1941 were marched to ______ prisoner-of-war camps
- 27. The minister of “everything” for Canada during WWII
Down
- 2. Hitler and this dictator shocked European leaders by signing a non-aggression pact on August 23, 1939
- 3. A concentration of artillery shells arranged to fall in 'lines' to destroy the enemy
- 5. Name given to the Nazis' deliberate murder of millions of European Jews
- 6. During World War II, Canada used the War Measures Act to create both ______ and prisoner-of war camps
- 7. What regal title completes the name of the Canadian Prime Minister during WWII
- 8. The government goal was not truth but persuasion
- 11. What Prime Minister King promised Quebec people he wouldn't use
- 13. Canadians finally defeated the NAZIs using mouse-holing
- 16. A time period when no fighting took place
- 17. Also known as "lightning war" strategy used by German forces
- 19. What was one way the Canadian government used to pay for the war
- 20. The day the invasion called "Operation ______" would be launched
- 21. This battle involved bitter fighting that finally ended in a Canadian victory
- 22. The last name of the enemy's leader
- 26. What beach were the Canadians responsible for on the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy