WWII Pacific Theatre

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Across
  1. 3. US forces stopped a Japanese offensive for the first time at this battle
  2. 5. Turning point battle and first US victory over Japan
  3. 6. Skipping heavily fortified islands to seize less-defended locations and cut off strongholds from resupply
  4. 9. Japan attacked this base on December 7, 1941 in an attempt to destroy the US Pacific Fleet
  5. 12. Key naval ships that survived Pearl Harbor
  6. 13. Controlling this island was the first vital step in driving Japan back
Down
  1. 1. America's largest ally in the Pacific
  2. 2. Former name for the current nation of Taiwan
  3. 4. US island territory quickly overtaken by Japan
  4. 7. By 1944, the Southwest Pacific was largely under their control
  5. 8. US general who lead an offensive in the Southwest Pacific
  6. 10. Controlling these islands allowed B-29 bombers to reach the Japanese mainland
  7. 11. US forces invaded this island in November 1943