Chapter 31 World History Crossword
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1) the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II2) the union of Austria and Germany3) a pivotal World War II policy allowing the U.S. to lend, lease, or sell war materials—weapons, food, and machinery—to any nation deemed vital to U.S. national security4) the idea of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control 5) a massive Allied humanitarian mission that delivered 2.3 million tons of food, fuel, and supplies via air to West Berlin6) the deliberate murder of, in WWII's case, all European Jews 7) payments for war damages 8) the code name for Nazi Germany's massive, surprise invasion of the Soviet Union9) a collective defense treaty and military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc socialist republics to counter NATO and West Germany's entry into it10) a pivotal World War II naval battle between the U.S./Australia and Japan12) the surprise Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, which forced the U.S. into World War II14) 33rd President of the US- made the decision to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan19) a decisive Allied victory in World War II that turned the tide of the North African campaign20) the ideological, political, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas—Soviet-influenced Eastern Europe and the democratic West—from the end of WWII until the end of the Cold War 21) marks the formal 1945 surrender of Nazi Germany, ending nearly six years of World War II in Europe (stands for Victory in Europe)25) an international organization founded in 1945, currently comprising 193 member states, dedicated to maintaining international peace, security, and cooperation26) "lightning war" 29) penalties 30) a major World War II military operation—Operation Dynamo—that evacuated over 338,000 Allied troops surrounded by German forces in northern France |
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11) giving in to the demands of an aggressor to keep the peace 13) a WWII military and political alliance formed by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan15) dependent states16) an eight-month, low-activity period at the start of World War II characterized by a lack of major land operations on the Western Front following Germany’s invasion of Poland17) opposition to all war 18) a 10-year non-aggression treaty between Germany and the USSR22) a pan-Asian union that the Empire of Japan tried to establish23) most famous for signing the 1938 Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia in a failed effort to maintain "peace for our time"24) the massive Allied amphibious invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II, marking a crucial turning point to liberate Western Europe27) a U.S. foreign policy pledging military and economic aid to nations resisting communism or authoritarian pressures28) a decisive World War II battle where Soviet forces defeated Nazi Germany and its Axis allies in a brutal 200-day struggle31) 32-member political and military alliance formed in 1949 to guarantee the security and freedom of its members through collective defense32) best known for leading Britain to victory in World War II, symbolizing fierce determination against Nazi Germany, and receiving the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature33) a World War II Allied strategy in the Pacific, spearheaded by Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur, to bypass heavily fortified Japanese-held islands and seize strategically crucial, lightly defended ones.34) device used to detect the flights of airplanes 35) the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators36) pilots who undertook suicide missions 37) device used to detect the path of submarines 38) a diplomatic meeting where Britain, France, Italy, and Germany allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, aiming to avoid war |
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