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Turning points in American History: Famous Military Events
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Gettysburg : Site of Pickett's Charge.
Yorktown : Cornwallis surrendered to Washington here.
Midway : Major American victory against Japanese--four aircraft carriers lost using only aviation assets.
Trenton : General Washington captured a Hessian regiment here after crossing the Delaware.
The Bulge : Hitler's last counteroffensive against American and British forces.
Khe Sanh : U.S. Marines held out here against a massive North Vietnamese assault.
Inchon : General MacArthur's decisive amphibious assault occurred here.
Chancellorsville : General Robert E. Lee's brilliant victory over Major-General Joseph Hooker.
Normandy : Americans landed forces at Omaha and Utah beaches during this famous battle.
Pearl Harbor : American forces in the Pacific were caught by surprise on Sunday morning.
Iwo Jima : The Marines fought the Japanese over this barren island in order to capture three airstrips.
Chosin : Surrounded U.S. forces escaped a numerically superior Chinese army in this Korean War battle.
New Orleans : Named for General Jackson's defeat of the British intent on capturing this famous city.
San Jacinto : The decisive battle of the Texas Revolution -- no Spanish missions were damaged.
Turning points in American History: Famous Military Events
Across:3. | General Washington captured a Hessian regiment here after crossing the Delaware. | 6. | Surrounded U.S. forces escaped a numerically superior Chinese army in this Korean War battle. | 8. | Named for General Jackson's defeat of the British intent on capturing this famous city. | 11. | Site of Pickett's Charge. |
| 12. | The decisive battle of the Texas Revolution -- no Spanish missions were damaged. | 13. | Major American victory against Japanese--four aircraft carriers lost using only aviation assets. | 14. | American forces in the Pacific were caught by surprise on Sunday morning. |
| | Down:1. | U.S. Marines held out here against a massive North Vietnamese assault. | 2. | General MacArthur's decisive amphibious assault occurred here. | 4. | Hitler's last counteroffensive against American and British forces. | 5. | The Marines fought the Japanese over this barren island in order to capture three airstrips. |
| 7. | Cornwallis surrendered to Washington here. | 9. | Americans landed forces at Omaha and Utah beaches during this famous battle. | 10. | General Robert E. Lee's brilliant victory over Major-General Joseph Hooker. |
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Turning points in American History: Famous Military Events
Across:3. | General Washington captured a Hessian regiment here after crossing the Delaware. | 6. | Surrounded U.S. forces escaped a numerically superior Chinese army in this Korean War battle. | 8. | Named for General Jackson's defeat of the British intent on capturing this famous city. | 11. | Site of Pickett's Charge. |
| 12. | The decisive battle of the Texas Revolution -- no Spanish missions were damaged. | 13. | Major American victory against Japanese--four aircraft carriers lost using only aviation assets. | 14. | American forces in the Pacific were caught by surprise on Sunday morning. |
| | Down:1. | U.S. Marines held out here against a massive North Vietnamese assault. | 2. | General MacArthur's decisive amphibious assault occurred here. | 4. | Hitler's last counteroffensive against American and British forces. | 5. | The Marines fought the Japanese over this barren island in order to capture three airstrips. |
| 7. | Cornwallis surrendered to Washington here. | 9. | Americans landed forces at Omaha and Utah beaches during this famous battle. | 10. | General Robert E. Lee's brilliant victory over Major-General Joseph Hooker. |
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© 2013
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