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Easy WW2 Crossword #1

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Easy WW2 Crossword #1

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1 AcrossSoviet leader during the war

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Easy WW2 Crossword #1

9 × 9 grid · 9 words · Easy · CrosswordWise

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  1. 1. Soviet leader during the war
  2. 6. Italy's fascist dictator
  3. 8. America's four-term wartime president
  4. 9. French coast of the June 1944 invasion

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  1. 2. Side of Germany, Italy, and Japan
  2. 3. Engineless plane of the airborne landings
  3. 4. Rosie the ___, factory icon
  4. 5. ___ gardens planted on the home front
  5. 7. Touring organization for the troops

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Easy WW2 Crossword #1

9 × 9 grid · 9 words · Easy · CrosswordWise

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  1. 1. Soviet leader during the war — STALIN
  2. 6. Italy's fascist dictator — MUSSOLINI
  3. 8. America's four-term wartime president — ROOSEVELT
  4. 9. French coast of the June 1944 invasion — NORMANDY

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  1. 2. Side of Germany, Italy, and Japan — AXIS
  2. 3. Engineless plane of the airborne landings — GLIDER
  3. 4. Rosie the ___, factory icon — ROSE
  4. 5. ___ gardens planted on the home front — VICTORY
  5. 7. Touring organization for the troops — USO

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About This Free Printable Crossword

History for beginners gets friendlier with this easy WW2 crossword, built on a 9x9 grid holding nine answers. The names are the ones every unit starts with: the Soviet leader, America's four-term wartime president, the Italian dictator, and the French coast of the June 1944 invasion, mixed with home-front terms like victory gardens and Rosie the riveter. Clues come as plain, complete sentences, and the easy rating means short answers and forgiving crossings for upper elementary and middle school students meeting the topic for the first time.

It suits an introduction lesson, a commemoration week activity around VE Day or Remembrance Day, or a follow-up page after a museum trip. Choose Letter or A4 paper, click Print Puzzle for the blank grid with clues, and select Print Answer Key when you want the solved grid on its own page for quick checking. Save as PDF in the print dialog downloads a copy for the unit binder. When the class has this one down, step up to the medium WW2 crosswords, or look around the site for more free printable crossword puzzles on world history themes.

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