World War II Crossword Clues

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3. The Battle of ___ was the turning point in the fighting in the USSR.

4. US President after FDR’s death; made decision to use atomic bombs on Japan

5. The Nazis set up a French puppet government at ___.

8. the systematic killing of a race of people

10. Japanese suicide pilot

12. Hitler justified taking over other countries by saying that Germans needed ___, or living space.

13. American policy between the two wars in which they did not want to participate in world affairs

15. The British resisted German air attack in the Battle of ___. (aka Operation Sea Lion or the Blitz)

16. the massacre of more than six million Jews

20. Germany, Italy, & Japan

23. The nightly Nazi bombing of London, England in 1941 is known as the ___.

24. Atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of ___ & Nagasaki in August 1945.

27. Meeting between FDR & Churchill where they defined their goals for the war

29. Tension between the West & the Soviets after WWII caused the ______.

31. Great Britain, France, & eventually the USSR & the US

32. Nazi battle strategy involving quick bombardment by planes & then tanks; means ‘lightning war’

35. The D-Day invasion of the beaches at ___, France, began the western front in Europe.

37. Stalin urged Churchill & Roosevelt to open up a ______in France to relieve pressure on the Soviet army.

39. The Battle of ___ was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.

41. Hitler signed the Nazi-___ Nonaggression Pact with Stalin in 1939.

42. When the Japanese attacked this naval base, the US joined the war.

43. In the ‘Miracle at ___,’ British civilian & merchant ships rescued stranded Allied troops from a beach in France.

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1. Hitler’s plan to exterminate the Jews

2. Fascists (under Franco) vs. Loyalists; ‘dress rehearsal’ for WWII

6. Forced union between Germany & Austria

7. English Prime Minister during most of WWII

9. King of Ethiopia who asked the League of Nations for help during the Italians’ invasion

11. Hitler’s plan to invade the USSR was known as Operation ___.

12. The ___-___ Act allowed the US to ‘loan’ weapons to the British & Chinese

14. Fascist dictator of Italy

17. Someone who cooperates with an enemy force which is occupying a country

18. Meeting where France & England decided to appease Hitler & allow him to take the Sudenland

19. being against all war

21. After the suicide of Hitler, the war in Europe ended when Germany ___.

22. The Battle of ______was the turning point in N. Africa.

25. Japanese naval strategist who planned the invasion of Pearl Harbor

26. More ___ civilians were killed by the atomic bomb than any other group during WWII.

28. initials of the President of the US from 1933-1945

30. American who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe

32. The Battle of the ___ was the last German offensive in Europe & Hitler’s last victory.

33. England & France declared war when Hitler invaded this country.

34. Fascist ruler of Spain

36. French & British troops waited behind the ___ Line during the ‘Phony War.’

38. The ___ invasion signified the ‘beginning of the end’ of the war in Europe. Aka ‘Operation Overlord’

39. American naval commander who came up with the strategy of island-hopping in the Pacific

40. policy followed by Western democracies in response to Hitler’s early aggression

NOTES & RESOURCES TO USE:

  • Fascism in Italy & Germany Notes (pink)
  • World War II Notes Pts. I & II (pink)
  • Beginnings of WWII Worksheet
  • World War II Map
  • World War II Battles & Acts of Aggression Chart

ALSO KNOW:

  • dates of WWII
  • date of US entry
  • locations of all Axis & Allied powers on map of Europe

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WWII Crossword Puzzle