WWII Review

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Across
  1. 2. this is what Stalin did to the Communist Party in order to rid it of any opposition
  2. 3. when the US joins the war, they first focus on the control of this body of water
  3. 5. German word for this is "lebensraum". It was the motive for German expansion through Europe
  4. 6. the invasion of this country by Germany in 1939 marked the start of the war
  5. 8. ran the propaganda campaign in the US in order to raise support for the war
  6. 10. Japan invaded this territory in 1931
  7. 11. allowed the sale of non-military goods to nations at war, provided that they pay cash for their goods and transport them
  8. 14. the law that allowed the US to send aide to any country whose defense was vital to US security
  9. 16. the line of fortifications that France built after WWI in order to prevent another German invasion. It did not hold or prevent Germany's invasion
  10. 17. last name of man who implemented mass production to ship-building
  11. 19. leader of the US during WWII, gets elected to third term in 1940
  12. 23. two year battle in the USSR, in which the Germans lose
  13. 24. the name of the mass produced ships during WWII
  14. 25. these ended up producing 1/3 of the nations vegetables and were used as tool to help the US send more food to the troops
  15. 26. leader of Italy during WWII
  16. 27. committee that had roughly 800,000 members. They were staunch isolationists and tried to prevent the US from sending aide to Great Britain
Down
  1. 1. amphibious invasion of France by the Allied powers on June 6th 1944
  2. 4. the language used by the "code talkers" in WWII to send secret messages that were unable to be cracked/intercepted
  3. 7. led by Eisenhower, the America troops first focus on fighting in this region
  4. 9. leader of Great Britain during WWII
  5. 12. leader of the USSR during WWII
  6. 13. leader of Germany during WWII
  7. 15. the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan
  8. 18. The Japanese attacked this naval base in Hawaii, which prompted the US to join the war
  9. 20. in 1939, the US placed an embargo on this good to Japan - cutting off all shipments of this to the island
  10. 21. the official policy of the United States in the mid-1930s
  11. 22. the alliance the US joins when they enter the war