World War II Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• axis: germany, italy
• vj day: september 2, 1945; marks japanese surrender to american forces
• stalingrad: battle that was the turning point on the eastearn front of europe; nazis suffered huge losses
• kursk: eastern front battle that was the largest tank battle in history
• pearlharbor: event that started the pacific theater of wwii; dec. 7,1941
• europe: theater of war featuring nazi germany, soviet union, britain, italy
• ve day: may 8, 1945; marks german surrender to allied forces
• nagasaki: location america dropped the second atomic bomb
• ussr: acronym for the country that first conquered berlin in 1945
• potsdam: conference between allied forces discussing how to defeat japan
• barbarossa: name for nazi invasion of the soviet union
• bulge: last major german offensive of wwii, dec. 1944-jan. 1945
• suicide: the fate of the german leaders in april, 1945
• hiroshima: location america dropped the first atomic bomb
• iwojima: battle in pacific theater, put america in position to attack japanese cities
• islandhopping: strategy used by america in the pacific theater; conquer one island, move to the next
• allies: america, britain, france, soviet union
• dday: june 6, 1944; allied invasion of normandy, france
• hitler: leader of nazi germany during wwii
• stalin: leader of soviet union during wwii
• churchill: leader of great britain during wwii
• roosevelt: leader of america during wwii