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Year 9 History Project
Images of War Images of War
Chamberlain and the Munich Agreement
Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, wanted to avoid war with Germany.
But failed …
1939
•German forces invade Poland
Poland Devastated
Britain declares War September 3, 1939
• Neville Chamberlain addresses the nation
• I have to tell you … that consequently this country is at war with Germany
June 14, 1940Germans enter Paris
Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium already invaded
June 26, 1940Evacuation of
Dunkirk • British troops cut
off by the German advance
• Retreat to the port of Dunkirk in northern France
1940 The Blitz
• Full scale attacks on London & other UK cities
• Air raid shelters built in Cardiff
Evacuation of Britain
July 10 –Sept 15, 1940The Battle of Britain
• German Luftwaffe tries to destroy RAF
• The RAF wins the battle
• Hitler abandons his plans to invade Britain
Food Rationing begins
1941
• Japan attack Pearl Harbour
• America joins World War II
American forces arrive in Britain
May 27, 1941
• The British sink the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic
1942 War hots up in Africa
• Montgomery watches his tanks move up in North Africa
• Rommel defeated at Battle of Alamein
1943Battle of Atlantic Climaxes
• German U-Boats threaten to starve Britain into submission
• Allies destroy so many U-Boats that the menace subsides
Women at War
1944June 6 – D-Day Landings
• Massive Allied forces land in Normandy in
northern France.
• The Allies eventually break
through the German
defences.
Sept 17, 1944Battle of Arnhem
• Allied Invasion of Europe continues
June 13, 1944Doodle Bugs
• The first German V-1 flying bombs are fired against London, England.
• up to 100 V-1s fell every hour on London.
• Over an 80 day period,
more than 6,000 persons were killed.
V-2 Rockets follow later
August 25, 1944Liberation of Paris
• The Allies continue to liberate Europe from German occupation
April 30, 1945
• Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker
• Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government
May 8, 1945 - VE Day War ends in Europe
Aug 6, 1945
First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan
Sept 2, 1945
Japanese sign surrender agreement
World War II is over
Oct 24, 1945 - United Nations is officially born
CreditsImage Production:
Year 9 History Class
Historical Checking:Mr Wynn
Copyright Acknowledgments:Dorling Kindersley – History of the World
YITM – How we used to LiveRM Living Library
The End