Clues for the word "WWII"
We've had 73 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 80 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on September 16, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Axis/Allies conflict: Abbr.
- V-J Day ended it
- Chapter in 20th-century hist.
- Period of rationing: Abbr.
- What some vets recall: Abbr.
- What V-J Day ended
- 1940's conflict, for short
- D-Day was its turning point
- 1939-45 conflict (abbr.)
- Subj. written about by Tom Brokaw
- Reason for ETO
- Event in FDR's presidency
- FDR's conflict
- It ended with V-J Day
- The Big One: Abbr.
- See 89-Across
- "Hogan's Heroes" setting, briefly
- VJ Day ended it
- D-Day's conflict
- When DDE oversaw the ETO
- RAF's finest hour
- "The Big One"
- "The Big One," to vets
- 20th-c. upheaval
- D.D.E. concern
- Tom Brokaw subject
- Hitler started it: Abbr.
- Olympics-canceling event, briefly
- Axis and Allies conflict
- When the USA and USSR joined forces
- "Saving Private Ryan" setting: Abbr.
- It ended on Sept. 2, 1945
- Axis vs. Allies conflict
- Mil. event of the 1940s
- Axis-vs.-Allies conflict
- Axis/Allies event, briefly
- Intl. conflict of 1939-45
- 1939-45 event, briefly
- When the O.S.S. was formed
- Intl. 1940s conflict
- DDE focus
- Period of rationing (abbr.)
- Conflict that ended in 1945, briefly
- When D-Day happened
- Global conflict, briefly
- Conflict in FDR's presidency
- Big conflict, briefly
- VE day setting
- "The Enemy Below" setting, briefly
- "Band of Brothers" event (abbr.)
- Battle of the Bulge conflict, briefly
- "The Greatest Generation" subj.
- "McHale's Navy" backdrop
- Frequent documentary subj.
- Setting for many movies, for short
- Olympics preemptor of the 1940s
- It ended on V-J Day
- The U.S. entered it in 1941
- Conflict with the European Theater of Operations, for short
- Depression follower, for short
- "Band of Brothers" conflict, briefly
- Axis vs. Allies conflict, briefly
- Major 20th-century conflict, briefly
- It had theaters in Europe and the Pacific, for short
- D-Day's conflict, briefly
- D-Day conflict
- It included the RAF's "finest hour"
- Event with V-E Day and V-J Day
- Conflict during 43-Down's presidency, briefly
- "Jojo Rabbit" setting: Abbr.
- "Slaughterhouse-Five" setting, in brief
- "Captain America: The First Avenger" backdrop, briefly
- "The Sound of Music" backdrop, briefly
Last Seen In
- LA Times - September 16, 2025
- LA Times - May 17, 2025
- LA Times - December 29, 2024
- LA Times - October 11, 2024
- New York Times - May 14, 2024
- New York Times - May 25, 2023
- LA Times - March 28, 2023
- New York Times - January 18, 2022
- Netword - January 28, 2018
- Washington Post Classic - October 29, 2017
- Jonesin - August 16, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 23, 2016
- LA Times - April 02, 2016
- New York Times - December 15, 2015
- LA Times - June 24, 2015
- LA Times - January 17, 2015
- USA Today - December 25, 2014
- LA Times - April 27, 2014
- LA Times - March 19, 2014
- LA Times - September 22, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 07, 2013
- Netword - April 24, 2013
- Washington Post - April 15, 2013
- Washington Post - March 15, 2013
- Washington Post - October 08, 2012
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - June 03, 2012
- New York Times - March 10, 2012
- Netword - January 11, 2012
- USA Today - November 22, 2011
- Jonesin - October 25, 2011
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