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Printable The Wartime Forties word searches
Free, large-print The Wartime Forties word searches to print and solve with a pen. Big band, the home front and the spirit of the 1940s. Choose a puzzle below to preview it and print it in three sizes, from easy to challenging.
Big Band & Swing
Glenn Miller, bandleaders and the music that kept spirits high
Dance Hall Days
Jitterbug nights, big band brass and the wartime palais.
Forties Fashion
Utility frocks, victory rolls and seamed stockings with wartime flair.
Forties Kitchen
Ration books, Dig for Victory and making do with scraps.
Hollywood Canteen
Movie stars, war bonds, pin-ups and the GI dream factory.
Rosie the Riveter
Celebrating the women who powered America's wartime factories.
Silver Screen Forties
Golden-age cinema — Casablanca, Brief Encounter, the picture house.
The Home Front
Rationing, blackouts, Anderson shelters and the Blitz spirit.
USO Shows
Bob Hope, canteens and a touch of home for troops overseas.
Victory Celebrations
Street parties, bunting and dancing on the day peace came home.
Wartime Wireless
The BBC, Vera Lynn and gathering round the wireless