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fascism: form of totalitarian government that promotes nationalism
totalitarianism: government having total control over its citizens lives.
Nazi: the Fascist political party in Germany during the 1930’s
NeutralityAct: act passed by the US in 1939 declaring our neutrality
appeasement: policy of giving the aggressor nations what they wanted
blitzkrieg: Hitler’s “lightening” style of war
holocaust: the systematic killing of the Jews in Nazi Germany during WWII
genocide: the attempt to wipe out an entire race of people
concentrationcamps: places where Jews were sent to work and die
axispowers: Japan, Italy, and Germany
allies: France, Britain, Russia, and the United States
VEDay: May 8, 1945; when Germany surrendered
Kamikaze: ‘Divine Wind’; name of Japanese suicide bombers in WWII
ManhattanProject: Project that developed the first atomic bomb
YaltaConference: meeting held in Feb. 1945 to discuss post-war Europe
Nuremberg trials: the trials where Nazi war criminals were tried for war crimes
PearlHarbor: US Naval based bombed by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941
Stalingrad: Battle of __________, turning point battle against Germany by the Russians
DDay: the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied France in 1944
Bulge: Battle of the _______, last offensive by the Nazis in 1944 before they surrendered
Nagasaki: second Japanese city where US dropped atomic bomb
Hiroshima: first Japanese city where US dropped atomic bomb
Hitler: Fascist dictator of Germany (last name)
Tojo: military dictator of Japan (last name)
Churchill: Prime Minister of England during WWII (last name)
Stalin: Communist dictator of Russia during WWII (last name)
Mussolini: Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII (last name)
Patton: major American General during WWII (last name)
Eisenhower: commander of all Allied troops in Europe (last name)
Truman: became President of the US in March of 1945 (last name)
MacArthur: commander of Allied troops in the Pacific (last name)
Across:1. | major American General during WWII (last name) | 2. | form of totalitarian government that promotes nationalism | 5. | Hitler’s “lightening” style of war | 7. | meeting held in Feb. 1945 to discuss post-war Europe | 12. | Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII (last name) | 14. | policy of giving the aggressor nations what they wanted | 15. | Communist dictator of Russia during WWII (last name) | 17. | military dictator of Japan (last name) | 18. | the Fascist political party in Germany during the 1930’s |
| 19. | the systematic killing of the Jews in Nazi Germany during WWII | 20. | ‘Divine Wind’; name of Japanese suicide bombers in WWII | 22. | the attempt to wipe out an entire race of people | 23. | Prime Minister of England during WWII (last name) | 24. | second Japanese city where US dropped atomic bomb | 25. | the trials where Nazi war criminals were tried for war crimes | 26. | became President of the US in March of 1945 (last name) | 27. | government having total control over its citizens lives. |
| | Down:1. | US Naval based bombed by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941 | 3. | Fascist dictator of Germany (last name) | 4. | Battle of __________, turning point battle against Germany by the Russians | 6. | commander of Allied troops in the Pacific (last name) | 8. | France, Britain, Russia, and the United States | 9. | Battle of the _______, last offensive by the Nazis in 1944 before they surrendered | 10. | act passed by the US in 1939 declaring our neutrality |
| 11. | first Japanese city where US dropped atomic bomb | 12. | Project that developed the first atomic bomb | 13. | May 8, 1945; when Germany surrendered | 14. | Japan, Italy, and Germany | 16. | commander of all Allied troops in Europe (last name) | 21. | the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied France in 1944 |
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Across:1. | major American General during WWII (last name) | 2. | form of totalitarian government that promotes nationalism | 5. | Hitler’s “lightening” style of war | 7. | meeting held in Feb. 1945 to discuss post-war Europe | 12. | Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII (last name) | 14. | policy of giving the aggressor nations what they wanted | 15. | Communist dictator of Russia during WWII (last name) | 17. | military dictator of Japan (last name) | 18. | the Fascist political party in Germany during the 1930’s |
| 19. | the systematic killing of the Jews in Nazi Germany during WWII | 20. | ‘Divine Wind’; name of Japanese suicide bombers in WWII | 22. | the attempt to wipe out an entire race of people | 23. | Prime Minister of England during WWII (last name) | 24. | second Japanese city where US dropped atomic bomb | 25. | the trials where Nazi war criminals were tried for war crimes | 26. | became President of the US in March of 1945 (last name) | 27. | government having total control over its citizens lives. |
| | Down:1. | US Naval based bombed by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941 | 3. | Fascist dictator of Germany (last name) | 4. | Battle of __________, turning point battle against Germany by the Russians | 6. | commander of Allied troops in the Pacific (last name) | 8. | France, Britain, Russia, and the United States | 9. | Battle of the _______, last offensive by the Nazis in 1944 before they surrendered | 10. | act passed by the US in 1939 declaring our neutrality |
| 11. | first Japanese city where US dropped atomic bomb | 12. | Project that developed the first atomic bomb | 13. | May 8, 1945; when Germany surrendered | 14. | Japan, Italy, and Germany | 16. | commander of all Allied troops in Europe (last name) | 21. | the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied France in 1944 |
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