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How world war 2 began
- Defeating France
- Operation Dynamo
- Evacuates 300,000 BEF soldiers from Dunkirk
- Evacuates 300,000 BEF soldiers from Dunkirk
- France signs surrender on 22nd June 1940
- Same railway carriage that the Germans signed their surrender at the end of WW1
- Vichy France is formed
- Vichy France is formed
- Same railway carriage that the Germans signed their surrender at the end of WW1
- Operation Dynamo
- Invasion of Britain
- Battle of Britain
- Defence of Britain from the Nazi attack
- RAF fought the Luftwaffe
- June 1940- October 1940
- June 1940- October 1940
- Radar stationed along coast to track and attack German planes
- British planes were spitfires and hurricanes
- America gave Britain equipment & ammunition
- Known as lend-lease
- Known as lend-lease
- America gave Britain equipment & ammunition
- British planes were spitfires and hurricanes
- RAF fought the Luftwaffe
- Defence of Britain from the Nazi attack
- Blitz
- Sep 1940- May 1941
- London bombed 57 nights in a row
- Nazi planes bombed big cities in England
- Air raid sirens warned city dwellers of attack
- 50,000 bombs dropped & incendiary bombs were dropped
- Strict blackouts at night
- Gas masks were given to all civilians
- Air raid shelters
- Anderson huts (made from galvanise & built at the back of a garden
- Morrison/ table shelters were used in city areas
- Tube stations also used
- Tube stations also used
- Morrison/ table shelters were used in city areas
- Anderson huts (made from galvanise & built at the back of a garden
- Air raid shelters
- Gas masks were given to all civilians
- Strict blackouts at night
- 50,000 bombs dropped & incendiary bombs were dropped
- Air raid sirens warned city dwellers of attack
- Nazi planes bombed big cities in England
- London bombed 57 nights in a row
- Sep 1940- May 1941
- Battle of Britain
- Invasion of Russia
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Turning point in the war for Europe
- Fought in the winter of 1942-1943
- Temperatures dropped well below 0
- Food, ammunition and heat were in low supply
- Commander Von Paulus was ordered by Hitler to fight to the last bullet
- He did this because Hitler promoted him to Field Marshal
- He did this because Hitler promoted him to Field Marshal
- Commander Von Paulus was ordered by Hitler to fight to the last bullet
- Food, ammunition and heat were in low supply
- Temperatures dropped well below 0
- Turning point in the war for Europe
- Operation Barbarossa
- Hitler launches attack on the Soviet Union on the 22nd June 1941
- 3,000,000 German soldiers
- 150 Divisions
- 3,000 tanks
- Front covered a distance of 2,000 miles
- Main targets
- Leningrad
- Moscow
- Kiev
- Leningrad
- Main targets
- 3,000,000 German soldiers
- Hitler launches attack on the Soviet Union on the 22nd June 1941
- Battle of Stalingrad
- D-Day
- Or Operation Overlord
- Began on 6th June 1944
- Normandy beaches were chosen due to location, shallow water & wide beaches
- Germans taken by surprise when attack began
- Expected attack to occur at Calais closer to Britain
- American General Eisenhower led the allied attack
- Allied forces (130,00) bombed the Atlantic wall that Hitler built
- Paratroopers dropped behind the German Lines
- Artificial harbors 'Mulberrypiers' brought in tanks & other equipment
- Built a pipeline under ocean, code-named Pluto to supply oil to the allied army
- Operation was a success & troops advanced to Paris and liberated France
- Battle of the Bulge was only setback the allies suffered
- Liberated Europe and WW2 ended on 8th May 1945
- August 1945 2 atomic bombs were dropped in Nagasazki & Hiroshima
- August 1945 2 atomic bombs were dropped in Nagasazki & Hiroshima
- Liberated Europe and WW2 ended on 8th May 1945
- Battle of the Bulge was only setback the allies suffered
- Operation was a success & troops advanced to Paris and liberated France
- Built a pipeline under ocean, code-named Pluto to supply oil to the allied army
- Artificial harbors 'Mulberrypiers' brought in tanks & other equipment
- Paratroopers dropped behind the German Lines
- Allied forces (130,00) bombed the Atlantic wall that Hitler built
- American General Eisenhower led the allied attack
- Expected attack to occur at Calais closer to Britain
- 5 beaches chosen code-named
- Utah
- Gold
- Juno
- Sword
- Omaha
- Utah
- Germans taken by surprise when attack began
- Normandy beaches were chosen due to location, shallow water & wide beaches
- Or Operation Overlord
- invasion of Poland
- Phony
War
- 3 Sep 1939 to May 1940 nobody fought
- After the blitzkreig attack on Poland
- Because of winter
- After the blitzkreig attack on Poland
- 3 Sep 1939 to May 1940 nobody fought
- Hitler takes over Norway
- Norway's Extensive Coastline would been important in the battle control the North Sea
- Easing the passage of German warships & submarines into the Atlantic
- Easing the passage of German warships & submarines into the Atlantic
- Aids Hitler's ability to import iron ore from Sweden
- May 1940
- End of Phony War
- End of Phony War
- Norway's Extensive Coastline would been important in the battle control the North Sea
- 1st Sep 1939
- Hitler unleashes a new warfare called Blitzkreig
- Also known as Lightening Warfare
- Area is bombed first by Luftwaffe.
- Tanks move in & clear out any resistance
- Then infantry move in
- Speed of German invasion with the Soviet advance from the east threw polish into panic
- Polish surrendered after 2 weeks
- Country is divided between the Germans & the Soviet Union
- Polish surrendered after 2 weeks
- Speed of German invasion with the Soviet advance from the east threw polish into panic
- Then infantry move in
- Tanks move in & clear out any resistance
- Also known as Lightening Warfare
- Hitler unleashes a new warfare called Blitzkreig
- Phony
War
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