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WW2 HOW it began!

WW2 HOW it began!. By Owen Casey. T ime line from 1935 -1940. 1939 - 1945 The Second World War .  Bombing of British cities, compulsory military service and food rationing were brought in. 1935 - 36  Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia. 1937 7 July  -Japan invades China. 1938

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WW2 HOW it began!

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  1. WW2 HOW it began! By Owen Casey

  2. Time line from 1935 -1940 • 1939 - 1945The Second World War. Bombing of British cities, compulsory military service and food rationing were brought in. • 1935 - 36 •  Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia. • 1937 • 7 July -Japan invades China. • 1938 • Germany marches into Austria and takes it over.1939 • March -Germany takes over Czechoslovakia.Sept. - Germany invades Poland 3 Sept - The Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declares war on Germany.  • France, Australia and New Zealand also declares war on  Germany. • 6 Sept. - South Africa declares war on Germany.10 Sept. -  Canada declares war on Germany.17 Sept. - The Soviet Union invades  Poland from the east. • 30 Nov. The Soviet Union invades Finland.

  3. Time line from 1940 - 1941 • 9 Apr. - Germany invades Norway and Denmark. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.10 May - Winston Churchill becomes the new British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain.10 May - Germany attacks western Europe - Luxembourg, Holland and Belgium.  Luxemburg surrenders to the Germans12 May - The German army enters France14 May Holland surrenders to the Germans.14 May - The Local Defence Volunteers (Dad's Army) is created in  Britain. It was later called the Home Guard27 May - The evacuation of 340,000 soldiers of the British and  French armies from the beaches of Dunkirk.28 May - Belgium surrenders to the Germans4 June - The last of the 338,000 British, French and Belgian forces evacuated from Dunkirk.9 June - Norway surrenders to the Germans10 June - Italy enters the war and declares war on  Britain and  France14 June - The German army enters and took over Paris.30 June 1940 (until the Liberation on 9 May 1945) German troops take over the Channel Islands, the only British soil occupied by Germany21 June - Italy invades southern France.22 June - German troops conquer most of  France. France surrenders to the Germans9 July -  RAF Bomber Command start night raids on Germany10th July - Battle of Britain begins7 Sept -  The London Blitz starts13 Sept. -  Italy invades British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya.20 Sept. - Germany,  Italy, and  Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.Oct. -  Italy invades Greece Nov. - Slovakia (November 23), Hungary (November 20), and Romania (November 22) join the Axis.

  4. Time line from 1941 - 1943 • 1941 • March - Bulgaria joins the Axis.6 Apr. - Germany invades Yugoslavia and  Greece.10 May - German air raid damages the  House of Commons in London.22 June - Germany invades Russia7 Dec. - The  Japanese attack the USA Naval Base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii8 Dec. - The  United States declares war on  Japan, entering World War II.11 Dec. - Germany and  Italy declare war on the United States •  United States formally declares war on Germany and Italy. • 25 Dec - Hong Kong surrenders to  Japan.1942 • 2 Jan. -  Japan captures Manila in the Philippines15 Feb. - The  Japan captures Singapore5 May - The Battle of the Coral Sea between the  US and  Japanese navies30 May - Anglo-Americans start bombing Germany8 Nov -  British and  U.S. troops win back North Africa11 - 13 Dec. - Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the  United States.

  5. Time line from 1943 - 1945 • 19 April - May WarsawGhetto Uprising in occupied Poland The largest single revolt by Jews against the Nazis during WW2.16 May - The Dam Buster Raid28 Sept. -  Italy surrenders10 Oct. -  Italy swaps sides and declares war on Germany1944 • 4 June -  Rome is freed by the Allies6 June -  British and U.S. troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of  France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans. This day is known as D-Day12 June - The first of Germany's terror weapons, the V1 (doodlebug), falls in  England at Swanscombe in Kent15 Aug. - Allied forces land in  southern France near Nice.20 Aug. - Allied troops reach  Paris.Aug/Sept - Warsaw Uprising in occupied Poland, the largest ever civilian revolt in history, by the Polish population against the Nazis.11 Sept. - U.S. troops enter Germany20 Oct. - U.S. troops land in the Philippines.16 Dec. - The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border.

  6. 1945 End of world war 2 ! • 19 April - May WarsawGhetto Uprising in occupied Poland The largest single revolt by Jews against the Nazis during WW2.16 May - The Dam Buster Raid28 Sept. -  Italy surrenders10 Oct. -  Italy swaps sides and declares war on Germany1944 • 4 June -  Rome is freed by the Allies6 June -  British and U.S. troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of  France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans. This day is known as D-Day12 June - The first of Germany's terror weapons, the V1 (doodlebug), falls in  England at Swanscombe in Kent15 Aug. - Allied forces land in  southern France near Nice.20 Aug. - Allied troops reach  Paris.Aug/Sept - Warsaw Uprising in occupied Poland, the largest ever civilian revolt in history, by the Polish population against the Nazis.11 Sept. - U.S. troops enter Germany20 Oct. - U.S. troops land in the Philippines.16 Dec. - The Germans launch a final offensive in the west, known as the Battle of the Bulge, in an attempt to re-conquer Belgium and split the Allied forces along the German border.

  7. Kids during WW2 • This shows you what it was like to be a kid in ww2. here is a picture of the petrified kids. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

  8. What was an air raid? • An air raid was an attack by enemy planes dropping bombs. Warning of enemy planes was given by sirens. When people heard the sirens' wailing sound, they went into air raid shelters. • Big bombs exploded with a loud bang and blew buildings apart. Small bombs called 'incendiaries' started fires. Fire-fighters worked bravely to put out the flames. Rescue teams pulled people from fallen buildings. Ambulances took the injured to hospital. When the planes had gone, the sirens sounded the 'All Clear'.

  9. Why were children evacuated? • People expected cities to be bombed, as enemy planes tried to destroy factories. But bombs would hit homes and schools too, so children would be in danger. The government tried at the start of the war to 'empty the cities' of children and mothers, This was 'evacuation', to protect them from air raids. • The plan was put into action in September 1939. About 800,000 children left their homes. However, many returned home after a few weeks. Others stayed in the countryside for the rest of the war.

  10. Bomb shelters – (Air raid shelters) • Many people had their own air raid shelter. Called an Anderson Shelter, it could be built in a small garden. It was made of steel panels. The panels were 'corrugated' (made wavy), which made the shelter strong, especially with soil spread over the top. There was an entrance at one end. Inside was a bench-seat, which could become a bed at night. • Public shelters were made of brick and concrete. No-one liked them much. They were dark, smelly and not as strong as they looked. In London, more than 150,000 people went into Underground stations every night for shelter. They slept on the platforms.

  11. How it started? • World War 2 began almost directly after WWI. If you know the basic history behind WWI you know that the Allied Powers (Britain mainly) forced Germany to downsize their military drastically, and pay an enormous amount of money. These extreme requests sent Germany (along with many other of the countries involved in WWI) in a downward spiral economically as their country deteriorated. The Treaty of Versailles (document forcing these grievances on Germany) actually was a main cause of Hitler's rise to power. Germany was in desperate search for economic and political liberation and Hitler seemed like the man to do it. After Hitler came to power one of his main goals was to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and all the embarrassing demands that went with it. His goals involved taking every country around him and bringing it in to what he called the German Reich. Similar to what Napoleon did, he craved more land, more people, and most importantly power. He moved to take annex Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia. Because these countries all had important allies like Britain and France they were slowly integrated into the war against Germany. Through alliances it became a rivalry between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan)and Allied power (Britain, France, U.S., and Soviet Union). There are many more details to be had with WW2, but...I'm rambling out facts so I'll quit. Essentially - the Japanese were involved because they had allied themselves with Germany.

  12. I hope you enjoyed my power point!

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