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Wordsearch

Can you find all twelve words?

air force army navy resistance

spitfire escape evasion evacuee

Gas mask rations victory churchill

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Crossword

DOWN:

1. Popular 1940’s dance from America

2. Popular British entertainer (also 13 down)

3. Name for a woman serving in the Royal Navy

5. Anti aircraft gun

6. Bombing of London and other large cities in Britain ordered by Hitler

7. Month the war started in 1939

9. A woman who was sent to work on a farm

12. Make do and _______

13. Popular British entertainer (see 2 down)

ACROSS:

4. Describes Germany under the leadership of Hitler

8. Describes children sent to the country side

10. Type of air-raid shelter

11. ______ for victory

14. A short name for an American soldier

15. Where limits were put on items of clothing and food

16. First name of British prime minister at the start of WW2

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Spot the Difference

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Quiz

Question 1.

In what year did Hitler become leader of Germany?

Question 2.

Who was Britain’s Prime Minister when war was declared between Britain and Germany?

Question 3.

Which Country was second to declare war on Germany?

Question 4.

What was the name for the German Air Force?

Question 5.

How was the ‘V-1’ more commonly known?

Question 6.

True or false – during the air-raids was Buckingham Palace damaged?

Question 7.

What type of air-raid shelter did you need to dig into your garden?

Question 8.

Under the rationing rules issued, socks could be no longer than how many inches?

Question 9.

Finish this popular phrase – ‘Make do…’

Question 10.

How many ration ‘coupons’ did it take to buy a pair of men’s shoes?

Question 11.

What does W.A.A.F stand for?

Question 12.

How much sugar could you get under weekly rationing?

Question 13.

What were all evacuees required to have with them?

Question 14.

On what date did the black out start?

Question 15.

American Soldiers were referred to as ‘GI’s’, what does this stand for?

Question 16.

Which London landmark became the symbol of the survival of London & Britain?

Question 17.

Who said ‘Never was so much owed by so many to so few’?

Question 18.

Which part of Britain was occupied during WW2?

Answers

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Quiz -

1. 1933
2. Neville Chamberlain
3. France
4. Luftwaffe
5. Doodlebug
6. True
7. Anderson Shelter
8. 9½ inches
9. ……and mend
10. Seven
11. Women’s Auxilliary Air Force
12. 8ounces or 225gms
13. Gas Mask
14. 1^st September 1939
15. Government Issue
16. St Paul’s Cathedral
17. Winston Churchill
18. The Channel Islands