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

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