Second World War

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Second World War

• A Timeline

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In 1939, Hitler invaded Poland on the 1st
September. Britain and France declared war on
Germany two days later.
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In 1940 the United kingdom introduced rationing.
British victory in the Battle of Britain forces
Hitler to postpone invasion plans.
Evacuation of British army at Dunkirk.
Churchill replaced Chamberlain as Prime Minister
The Germans overwhelmed Belgium, Holland and
France using Blitzkrieg tactics.
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In 1941 Hitler invaded Russia.
The Blitz continued in Englands major cities.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and the USA enter
the War.
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In 1942 the Germans are beaten at El Alamein.
The death camp at Autschwitz is opened by the
Nazis.
The German advance into Russia is halted at
Salingrad.
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In 1943 surrender at Stalingrad marks Germanys
first major defeat.
Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion
of Italy to be launched.
Italy surrenders but Germany takes over the
battle.
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Guam liberated by the US. Okinawa and Iwo Jima
bombed.
In 1944 Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery
at Monte Cassino.
D Day the allied invasion of France.
Paris is liberated
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Japan surrenders after the Americans drop two
atomic bombs on Japanese cities.
In 1945 Auschwitz is freed by Soviet troops.
The Russians reach Berlin. Germany surrenders on
the 7th May after Hitler commits suicide.
Truman becomes President when Roosevelts dies.
Attlee replaced Churchill.
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Notes

• Due to food shortages, the Government
• set up the Ministry of Food to control the
• supplies .
• Most people felt rationing was fair, with
• extra allowances for pregnant women,
• nursing mothers and babies.
• Ration books were provided by the Government.

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Lightning Wars

• Blitzkrieg tactics - surprise and mobility
• Troops dropped behind enemy lines to
• capture key targets.
• Stuka, Dive Bombers attack roads,
• railways and air bases.
• German Panzer tank divisions smash
• through enemy defences.

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• Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister
• from 1937 to 1940.
• He was Prime Minister when war broke
• out and made the announcement on radio.
• Winston Churchill was Prime Minister
• from 1941 to 1945 and again from 1951 to
• 1955.

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Dunkirk

• Allied troops had advanced into Holland and
• Belgium but they were unable to stop the
• Germans invading France.
• On the 18th May the Belgians surrendered, the
• British and French armies retreated to Dunkirk
• in the North of France.
• Every available boat from the South of England
• came to rescue 338,000 troops from the beach.

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Battle of Britain

• Hitler ordered his own air force to
• destroy British air bases and aircraft
• factories.
• He didnt succeed, the RAF beat off the
• German assault.

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Pear Harbour

• America came into the war officially in
• December 1941, after Germanys ally,
• Japan bombed an American naval base
• at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.
• The Japanese lost 29 aircraft, the US
• lost 173.