5.4+5.5: Soldiers of Empire and Evacuation

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 3. Nine percent of this country's population fought on Britain's side on several fronts during World War Two.
  2. 4. A method of finding a foster family for evacuated children. Children would be lined up and local would choose.
  3. 5. This country contributed two and a half million men to the British war effort. It was the largest volunteer army in history.
  4. 6. A navigator on a British bomber plane during the Second World War. He was from Trinidad and was born in 1917.
  5. 8. Germany's fuhrer during World War Two.
  6. 10. This country contributed more than 330,000 soldiers to the British war effort.
  7. 13. India's most famous independence leader.
  8. 15. This country lost 27,000 men in the Second World War. They fought for Britain.
Down
  1. 1. Britain's Prime Minister during World War Two.
  2. 2. A method of finding a foster family for evacuated children. The children were led door-to-door until they were adopted.
  3. 7. This region supplied 6,000 men to Britain's Royal Air force.
  4. 9. This term describes the British government's decision to move over a million people out of harm's way.
  5. 11. A term used to describe the mass bombings of British cities by the German Luftwaffe.
  6. 12. This country lost 45,000 soldiers fighting on Britain's side in the war.
  7. 14. This continent supplied vital raw materials to Britain and provided military bases for the British army.