World War II Vocabulary

Amber White B-4 Honor's English Application #1

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Across 1. a person or group of persons unfairly blamed for wrongs done by others 3. the countries aligned against Germany, Japan, and Italy 6. a group of performers formed during World War II to entertain American troops 7. a military post 10. control of a country taken over by a foreign military power 12. prejudices or discriminations against the Jews 15. acronym for National Socialist German Workers Party 16. prison camps constructed to hold Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and others 18. a bomb that explodes violently due to the rapid release of atomic energy 21. place where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August of 1945 22. the extermination of the European Jews, Slavs, and many other groups by the Nazis 23. May 8, 1945 25. Japanese pilots who committed suicide by crashing their planes into Allied ships 26. explosive designed to create fires 27. a person or nation who seeks to increase in size, power, and influence 29. a society in which a powerful lord allows people to work the land in return for military service 30. deliberate, systematic destruction of a racial, cultural, or political group 31. Nazi code for physical destruction of a racial, cultural, or political group

Down 2. fighters trained for dangerous missions 4. a group of ten to twenty or more planes or a section of a naval fleet 5. the civilian effort and activity at home in support of war waged overseas 8. those who commit deliberate acts of destruction 9. a fixed and limited amount of something 11. act of causing others to suffer 13. Nazi camps fixed with gassing equipment for the mass murder of Jews 14. a person or nation that seeks to avoid getting involved with other countries 17. a group of ships or vehicles that travel together, and are usually protected by armed guards 19. the energy emitted from an atomic bomb 20. August 15, 1945 24. term used to describe both extermination camps and concentration camps 28. the alliance made up of Germany, Japan, and Italy

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