Transcript WW2 Timeline…

WW2 Timeline…
HISTORY DISPLAY CARDS
We’ll Meet Again: Vera Lynn
End of World War 1, 1918
 Germany forced to give up land and was banned
from having an army.
Adolf Hitler Comes To Power, 1933
The German people vote the leader of the Nazi party as
their new leader.
Gas Masks, 26th September 1938
 Issued to the people of Britain.
Munich Agreement, 29th September 1938
 Signed by Neville Chamberlain and Hitler. There is
hope for peace.
Germany Invades Czechoslovakia, March 1939
World War Two Begins, 3rd September 1939
 Britain and France declare war on Germany.
Germany invades Poland, 1st September 1939
Evacuation, 1st September 1939
 Plans made to evacuate children ready for German
air attacks.
National Registration Act, 7th September 1939
 All households provide information for Identity and
Ration Cards.
Anderson Shelters, 1939
 By September half a million shelters had been
installed in British gardens.
Dig for Victory, October 1939
 Campaign launched.
Rationing Begins, 7th January 1940
Winston Churchill, 10th May 1940
 Replaces Neville Chamberlain as British Prime
Minister.
The Blitz, 7th September 1940
 Nearly 200 Brits killed or injured in London on the
first night alone.
21st September 1940
 Underground stations used as public air raid
shelters.
Coventry, November 1940
 10 hours
 500 enemy aircraft
 1000 casualties
 4330 homes destroyed
Italy, 10th June 1940
 Join forces with Germany and enter the war.
Battle of Britain, 10th July 1940
 The Luftwaffe (German air force) attemt to destroy
the British RAF (Royal Air Force).
Morrison Shelters, March 1941
 Introduced for people without gardens.
House of Commons, 10th May 1941
 German air raid destroys the House of Commons
and the Holborn theatre.
National Service Act, 18th December 1941
 Women called up for war work, jobs such as
mechanics, engineers and tank drivers.
Historic Cities, 28th September 1942
 The Luftwaffe begins bombing Exeter, Bath amongst
others.
‘V’ for Victory, 28th September 1941
 BBC launches campaign.
Clothes Rationed, 1st June 1941
 British government introduces clothing and
furniture.
Italy Surrenders, 28th September 1943
Italians swap sides, 10th October 1943
 Italy declares war on Germany.
D-Day, 6th June 1944
 Allied troops land in Northern France for the battle
of Normandy.
US troops enter Germany, 11th September 1944
Battle of the Bulge, 16th December 1944
 Germany launches a final offensive on the west,
officially called the Ardennes Offensive.
Hitler commits suicide, 30th April 19454
Germany surrenders, 7th May 1945
 German General Alfred Jodi signs an unconditional
surrender of all German forces.
VE Day, 8th May 1945
 (Victory in Europe)
End of World War 2, 2nd September 1945
 Japan surrenders sparking the official end of the war
across the world.
Rationing ends, 4th July 1954
 People tear up ration books to celebrate.