WWII CROSSWORD Section 17.2 – The Axis Advances

1. WWII CROSSWORDSection 17.2 – The Axis Advances • ACROSS • 1. EARLY IN THE WAR, GERMANY OVERRAN NORWAY, DENMARK, BELGIUM, AND THE __________________. • 2. __________WAS USED TO DETECT ENEMY AIRCRAFT. • 3. DURING THE SIEGE OF_______________, MORE THAN A MILLION RUSSIANS DIED! NETHERLANDS RADAR LENINGRAD

2. WWII CROSSWORDSection 17.2 – The Axis Advances DOWN • 4. THE MIRACLE OF ____________ RAISED BRITISH MORALE. • 5. THE GERMAN BOMBING OF LONDON WAS CALLED THE ________________. • 6. THE “DESERT FOX” ERWIN __________, PUSHED THE BRITISH BACK ACROSS THE DESERT TO CAIRO. • 7. TO STOP JAPANESE AGGRESSION, THE UNITED STATES BANNED THE SALE OF __________________TO JAPAN. • 8. BY 1942, THE JAPANESE EMPIRE STRETCHED FROM SE ASIA TO THE WESTERN___________. DUNKIRK LONDON BLITZ ROMMEL WAR MATERIALS PACIFIC

3. REVIEWING KEY TERMS AND PLACES “LIGHTNING WAR” WAGED BY THE GERMANS • BLITZKRIEG: • OPERATION BARBAROSSA: • LEND-LEASE ACT: • ATLANTIC CHARTER: • PEARL HARBOR: THE GERMAN PLAN TO CONQUER THE SOVIET UNION ACT PASSED BY THE U.S. CONGRESSTHAT ALLOWED FDR TO SELL OR LEND WAR MATERIALS TO CERTAIN NATIONS CHARTER ISSUED BY FDR & CHURCHILL THAT SET GOALS FOR THE WAR & FOR THE POST-WAR ERA JAPANESE BOMBING OF THIS AMERICAN BASE LED TO U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR