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Across: 1. Military "Air force" under Third Reich 7. The race that was persecuted by Germany during the Third Reich 8. The German term for "The Third Reich" 10. Open stretches of highway without a speed limit. It was one of the legacies of the Third Reich to have a superior interstate highway system 11. Hitler's invasion of this country on Sept 1st 1939 started World War 2 13. The state party secret police. It is made of the initials from this word: Geheime Staatspolizei. 15. Hitler made use of the fire at this place to blame the Communists and gain dictatorial powers 16. The first major defeat Germany suffered during World War 2 to the Soviets. During this battle, Hitler's armies were on the Volga and total casualties are estimated at between 1 and 2 million 18. Last name of President of Germany during the turbulent period of the Weimar Republic. He also defeated Hitler for the Presidency but appointed him to become Chancellor of Germany in 1933 19. The restructuring of German society and government into streamlined, centralized hierarchies of power, with the intention of gaining total control and coordination of all aspects of society

Down: 1. "Living space", specifically living space for ethnic Germans as one of the ambitions of the Third Reich 2. The German term for "Leader" - the title that Hitler assumed 3. The "people's car" - a legacy of the Third Reich. Conceived during the mid 30s but reached its peak in the post war period 4. This act was passed by the German Parliament on March 23, 1933 that gave dictatorial powers to Hitler over German legislation 5. An acronym for the German National Socialist Workers Party. It is a short form of the German word (NA)tionalso(ZI)alismus (National Socialism) 6. Lightning war - quick army invasions aided by tanks and airplanes that clinched many initial victories for Germany in World War 2 9. The systematic persecution and mass genocide of millions of people of a particular race druring the reign of the Third Reich 12. This battle was one of Hiller's only early setback in which he failed to bomb the land beyond the English Channel into submission 14. The symbol used by the German Nazi Party during the reign of the Third Reich 17. Last name of Hitler's mistress who married him on April 29, 1945 and cmmitted suicide together the following day