GI Joe at D-Day

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A former province of northwestern France on the English channel (8)
  2. 7. A preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits (9)
  3. 11. Large and heavily armoured warship (10)
  4. 14. An arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a ___ between France and Britain (14)
  5. 16. A flask for carrying water (7)

Down

  1. 1. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality (5)
  2. 2. A ___ between the Allies and the Axis from 1939 to 1945 (8)
  3. 4. European country famous for the Eiffel Tower (6)
  4. 5. A ___ reaching halfway up to the knee (plural) (11)
  5. 6. A protective structure of stone or concrete (7)
  6. 8. A rapidly firing automatic ___ (10)
  7. 9. Breathing with a husky or whistling sound (6)
  8. 10. An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army (7)
  9. 12. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a ___ bore (5)
  10. 13. Country in the UK whose capital is London (7)
  11. 15. An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare (4)