Remembrance Day
Across
- 4. A person or nation who is friendly towards you (or your country) and helps you.
- 5. A large fighting force that protects a country and fights wars.
- 7. A person in an army who fights battles.
- 13. A formal, legal agreement between nations at war agreeing to end the war on certain conditions.
- 15. Deaths that are a results of battles or war.
- 17. A time when there are no wars being fought in a region.
- 18. A place where people are buried after death.
- 19. Worn during battles by soldiers to identify which army they are a part of.
- 20. A person who lives in a country and is not part of an army.
Down
- 1. The Great War. Over 60,000 Canadians were killed and over 170,000 wounded during this war.
- 2. A large series of battles between nations.
- 3. A red flower that grew in the battlefields in France during world war one.
- 6. The name of the beach in a key beach battle that was won with the help of Canadian soldiers. A big step towards the end of World War 2. Part of D-Day.
- 8. A person in the army who gives orders and organizes other soldiers.
- 9. A blade that's attached to the end of a rifle for close range combat.
- 10. A term used to describe a former soldier who fought in a war.
- 11. A famous poem written by Canadian Lieutant-Colonel John McRae inspired by poppies growing on a ravaged battlefield during World War 1.
- 12. A type of long-barreled gun used by soldiers in the 1900s.
- 14. A long, narrow ditch dug into the ground during World Wars 1 and 2 that kept soldiers out of sight and away from gunfire. Often muddy and difficult to stay in.
- 16. A large, metal vehicle that is heavily armoured and capable of firing a large gun that is mounted on the vehicle.