Transcript Year 9 History Project

Images of War
Year 9 History Project
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, 1940
Germans enter Paris
Denmark, Norway,
Netherlands &
Belgium already
invaded
June 26, 1940
Evacuation 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, 1940
The 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
1943
Battle 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
1944
June 6 – D-Day Landings
• Massive Allied forces
land in Normandy in
northern France.
• The Allies eventually
break through the
German defences.
Sept 17, 1944
Battle of Arnhem
• Allied Invasion of
Europe continues
June 13, 1944
Doodle 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, 1944
Liberation 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
Credits
Image Production:
Year 9 History Class
Historical Checking:
Mr Wynn
Copyright Acknowledgments:
Dorling Kindersley – History of the World
YITM – How we used to Live
RM Living Library
The End