Edexcel History Unit 3B 1931-51

Crossword dealing with the key topics in Edexcel History A's Unit 3B: Britain 1931-51

Great Depression

World War II

Welfare State and NHS 

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Person responsible for education reforms in 1947: R A ------ (6)
BUTLER
1 of 22
--------- became Prime Minister on 10th May 1940. (9)
CHURCHILL
2 of 22
MP who marched with the Jarrow Crusade in 1936 (5,9)
ELLENWILKINSON
3 of 22
Hermann ------- was responsible for planning Operation Sea-Lion (7)
GOERING
4 of 22
The name given to the period from September 1939 to March 1940: ------ War (6)
PHONEY
5 of 22
Beach which British soldiers landed on, on D-Day (5)
SWORD
6 of 22
City that was damaged by the Blitz on 14th November 1940 (8)
COVENTRY
7 of 22
German Victory in December 1944
ARNHEM
8 of 22
The ---- Giants were described in the Beveridge Report (4)
FIVE
9 of 22
The New Towns Act was introduced in nineteen-forty --- (3)
SIX
10 of 22
15,000 -------- women were evacuated in 1939. (8)
PREGNANT
11 of 22
103,000 -------- were evacuated in 1939. (8)
TEACHERS
12 of 22
Labour Prime Minister from 1945 (7,6)
CLEMENTATTLEE
13 of 22
The Beveridge Report used this term to describe poor living conditions (7)
SQUALOR
14 of 22
This town refused to let Jarrow Crusade marchers inside, in 1936 (13)
NORTHALLERTON
15 of 22
War Minister in May 1940 who set up the LDF (7,4)
ANTHONYEDEN
16 of 22
This region was given £2million under the Special Areas Act of 1934 (10)
CUMBERLAND
17 of 22
Trading estate in Gateshead opened by King George VI in 1937. (4,6)
TEAMVALLEY
18 of 22
Code-name for Dunkirk Evacuation: Operation ------ (6)
DYNAMO
19 of 22
Name given to the V1 bombers used by the Germans in the 2nd Blitz of 1944 (9)
DOODLEBUG
20 of 22
Leader of British Fascist Party in the mid-1930s: Oswald ------- (7)
MOSELEY
21 of 22
Nickname given to the Rhondda Valley during the Great Depression due to people turning to communism. (6,6)
LITTLEMOSCOW
22 of 22

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Card 2

Front

--------- became Prime Minister on 10th May 1940. (9)

Back

CHURCHILL

Card 3

Front

MP who marched with the Jarrow Crusade in 1936 (5,9)

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Hermann ------- was responsible for planning Operation Sea-Lion (7)

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The name given to the period from September 1939 to March 1940: ------ War (6)

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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