World War Two CrosswordAppeasement
Across
- 3. British fighter plane (h).
- 5. Powerful bomb that could destroy cities and used by the USA against Japan in 1945.
- 11. German Secret Police.
- 13. Codename for the planned invasion of Britain by German forces in 1940-41.
- 15. Heavy and frequent bombing raids carried out over British cities, ports and industrial areas from 1940-1941.
- 16. Cyanide-based gas used in the death camps.
- 17. German Air Force.
- 19. A ship, fleet, or group of vehicles accompanied by a protecting escort.
Down
- 1. The German for "lighting war". A swift, sudden military attack using bomber aircraft to support fast moving tanks and motor vehicles.
- 2. British fighter plane (s).
- 4. Covering up weapons, buildings, troops or equipment so that they are difficult to see.
- 6. Decisive naval battle in 1942 in which the US destroyed several Japanese aircraft carriers.
- 7. Alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan in WW2.
- 8. Missile fired by submarines and ships designed to sink other surface vessels or submarines.
- 9. Death camp where many thousands of Jews, gypsies and other groups were murdered by the Nazis from 1942-45.
- 10. Codename for the German invasion of the USSR (Russia) in 1941.
- 12. Codename for the evacuation of British and French forces from Dunkirk in 1940.
- 14. German tank.
- 18. Machine used by German forces to turn their messages into code. It was supposed to be unbreakable but was cracked by British intelligence.