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U N I T 6

 
WAR AND WARFARE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Look at the following words. Some of them go with the word “
War”
, others go with the word 
“
Peace”
. Which goes with which? For example, warhead. 
WAR
PEACE
game
head
agreement
keeping
memorial
torn
maker
crime/criminal
dividend
movement
When you have finished, match the words to their definitions below.
 
1. 
The explosive part at the front of a missile. 
2. 
Someone who tries to stop other 
people or countries to stop fighting. 
3. 
Usually refers to soldiers sent to an area where 
people are fighting to try and stop the violence. 
4. 
A monument put up to remind people of 
those killed in war. 
5. 
The money saved on weapons and used for other purposes, when
a government reduces its military. 
6. 
Something people play using model soldiers, moving 
them around a table. 
7. 
An adjective used to describe a country or city that is being 
destroyed by war. 
8.
A negotiation or treaty that ends a war.
 
 
2. There are two words left with no definitions. Can you write a definition for each one? 
 
 
3. Six American wars. America has fought in many wars. Read the following short descriptions 
of famous wars which involved the United States. Can you identify each one?
 
THE … WAR
In the 1960s and early 1970s the USA went to war with this Southeast Asian county
to stop the spread of communism. It is considered the war which America lost. This war has 
always been very popular with Hollywood and many films have been made about it.
 
THE … WAR 
This war between the North and the South of the United States lasted from 1861
to 1865. It was fought because the Southern states wanted to separate from the North.
It also became known as the war over slavery.
 

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THE … WAR 
In 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, the United States declared war on Iraq and formed 
a coalition with many other countries to fight it. George Bush Sr. was the President of the 
United States at this time. This war is named after a region.
THE … WAR 
This war between the USA and the USSR lasted forty years. It ended when the Berlin 
Wall came down in 1989. It has its name because there was no open fighting between the 
soldiers of each side.
 
THE … WAR or … WAR … 
This war broke out in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The USA didn’t join this war until 
1943, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This war has its name because so many 
countries fought in it. For many British people, this war is referred to simply as “The War.”
THE WAR ON … 
“Every country now has a decision to make. You are with us or you are against us.” 
George Bush Jr. said these words as he promised to wage war against those responsible for 
the attacks of September 11, 2001. 
4. Can you put together the two halves of these quotations and proverbs about peace and war? 
Can you explain what they mean? What do you think?
 
1) “The purpose of all war…
2) “When we say «War is over if you 
want it», we mean that…
3) “Peace is not merely a distant 
goal that we seek, …
4) “If you want to make peace with 
your enemy, you have to work with 
your enemy. … 
5) “There was never a good war, …
6) “I know not with what weapons 
World War III will be fought, …
7) “You can no more win a war …
8) “I dream of giving birth to a child 
who will ask: …
9) “Two wrongs …
10) “The first casualty of war …
 
a) but World War IV will be fought with 
sticks and stones.” Albert Einstein
b) don't make a right.” Proverb
c) is peace.” Saint Augustine
d) Then he becomes your partner.” Nelson 
Mandela
e) if everyone demanded peace instead of 
another TV set, we'd have peace.” John 
Lennon
f) but a means by which we arrive at that 
goal.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
g) is truth.” Proverb
h) «Mother, what was war»”? Eve Merriam
i) or a bad peace.” Benjamin Franklin
j) than win an earthquake.” Jeanette 
Rankin

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