WORLD WAR 2

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WORLD WAR 2
1939-1945
By Lauren Emerson Megan Smith
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Contents

• The front cover
• 2. The contents page
• 3. What caused ww2?
• 4. Being evacuated
• 5. Evacuation pictures
• 6. Evacuation pictures
• 7. When and what was the phoney war?
• 8. What was the Blitz?
• 9. Which cities were involved?
• 10. How did people in the cities protect
  themselves?
• 11. What was rationing during ww2?
• 12. Who organised rationing?
• 13. Make-do and mend poster
• 14. Black out poster

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What caused world war 2
Click here to find out more about ww2.
After ww1 the countries of the world decided that
the Germans caused ww1 so they had to sign a
treaty saying that they couldnt start a war,
they had to give back land to there rightful
owners they must give compensation to countries
that they had destroyed and that they couldn't
use the Rhineland to build big armies or to make
weapons.
After that a man called Adolph Hitler become
chancellor and broke all the rules and started
building a big army on the Rhineland other
countries didn't bother and let them get on with
it but soon after the Germans started taking over
countries and he sent soldiers into Britain
.Britain's leader said if they did not remove
their soldiers Britain will be at war with
Germany. Hitler refused to remove his army so
they started a war.WW2 began.
ADOLPH HITTLER
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
These were the leaders of Germany and Britain in
1939.
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Being Evacuated
Families complained that they did not want there
children there when the Germans dropped bombs.
The Government decided that they would evacuate
the children to the countries and so they did .
Children went to school and stood in rows in the
yard then teachers lead them to train carriages.
Children had a over shoulder bag that contained a
gas mask. They also had a paper bag with some
clothes and some sandwich .their would be a very
long travel.
Children would stand for hours waiting to get
picket by a family. Rich children always got
chosen first unlike the poor children they got
picket last. Some family's treat the children
really bad. Some children had baths once or twice
a week but some only had a bath once every two
weeks.
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World War Two information on being evacuated
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1. When and what was the Phoney
War? The war lasted from September 1939
to April 1940. The first 6 months of the war
became known as the Phoney war because there were
no bombs or fighting. This gave the government
time to protect Britain from an attack.
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2. In September 1940 British cities suffered the
Blitz what was the Blitz? The heavy frequent
bombing attacks on London and other cities were
known as the Blitz. Night after night, from
September 1940 until May 1941, German bombers
attacked British cities, ports and industrial
areas. London was bombed every day and every
night, bar one, for 11 weeks. One third of London
was destroyed.
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3. Which cities where involved?
London and other cities where involved such as
Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, South Hampton,
Plymouth, Birmingham, Coventry and Liverpool.
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4. How did people in the cities protect
themselves? Children where evacuated. There were
public shelters in most towns but many people
built them in there gardens so that they had
protection if they couldnt get to a public
shelter. Shelters were very strong.
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What was rationing during ww2 ?
There were loads of shortages of essential
foodstuffs not just luxuries. Ration books where
issued to each person over five years old
containing tokens which could be saved up or used
at the owners discretion. The shopkeeper would
remove the tokens before he issued to adults and
school age children.
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Who organised rationing ?
To make the British weak, the Germans tried to
cut of supplies of food and other goods. German
submarines attack many of the ships that brought
food to Britain.
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This is a poster about something called Make-do
and mend. People had to make-do with the clothes
that they had. If they were torn or had a hole
had to go to the shop with your ration book and
buy some material to mend it themselves.
The design of this poster was meant to make you
do with what you had.
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This poster is meant to try and get you to eat
carrots so you can see better in the blackout.
The mother and daughter in this poster are
sneaking carrots into there house so they can eat
them and see better in the dark.
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DUNKIRK
The story of the Battle of Dunkirk is one of
heroic courage amidst untold tragedy. In the year
1940, at a time when World War II was in full
rage, Hitler's army was winning against France,
despite help from more than 300,000 troops sent
by Britain to help them out. The German army had
surrounded and trapped most of the allied forces
in the northernmost corner of France. Despite
severe causalities the British troops could not
retreat as their escape routes were all
blocked. The person in charge of troop
evacuation, Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay, who was
stationed in the reinforced tunnels, which lay
beneath Dover Castle organized a rescue operation
called Operation Dynamo. However, the operation
was riddled with innumerable major problems. The
troops had to be rescued within a week as the
beaches they were crammed on were being
mercilessly shelled. An exodus by sea was
impossible because of the difficulty in
navigating the seas that were full of sunken
ships and also because of the constant threat by
U-boats. Nearer the beach the water was too
shallow for the transport ships and destroyers to
get close to the shore. What's more the British
troops did not have enough vessels to transport
the huge numbers of soldiers that were trapped on
the beach.
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Despite all the setbacks, meticulous preparations
were made and Operation Dynamo was mobilized.
Unfortunately they managed to rescue less than
8,000 troops, at which rate rescuing all the
troops who were trapped would take about 40
days. In desperation Ramsay made a public call
for help and asked anyone who owned any kind of
boat to assist in rescuing the troops. He got an
overwhelming and instantaneous reaction and
managed to organize a temporary flotilla
comprising 850 "Little Ships" which was made up
of lifeboats, yachts and fishing boats. Civilians
joined British sailors in manning the boats
across the 35 km crossing and a massive rescue
mission was launched, evacuating almost 2,000
troops per hours. Nine days later 338,226 trapped
people had been rescued. Churchill referred to
this story of heroism and courage as the 'miracle
of deliverance'. This 'Dunkirk spirit' as it is
often referred to quickly became a popular legend.
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DUNKIRK IMAGES
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THE BLACKOUT
Britain was blacked out on 1st September 1939,
two days before the outbreak of war.
During the war, everyone had to cover their
windows and doors at night (before sunset) with
heavy blackout curtains, cardboard or paint.
They needed to prevent any glimmer of light from
escaping and aiding enemy aircraft during their
bombing raids.
Street lights were switched off or dimmed and
shielded to deflect their light downward.
Traffic lights and vehicle headlights were fitted
with slotted covers to deflect their beam down
to the floor.
Thousands of people died in road accidents. The
number of road accidents increased because of
the lack of street lighting and the dimmed
traffic lights. To help prevent accidents white
stripes were painted on the roads and on
lamp-posts. People were encouraged to walk facing
the traffic and men were advised to leave their
shirt-tails hanging out so that they could be
seen by cars with dimmed headlights. Other people
were injured during the Blackout because they
could not see in the darkness. Many people were
injured tripping up, falling down steps, or
bumping into things.
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The blackout
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D-DAY
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D-ay was when British, American and Canadian
troops tried to push the Germans out of France
and back into Germany. The British troops
prepared by gathering weapons and equipment and
other things that they might of needed. Britain
named the beaches and different soldiers went to
different parts. The different beaches were Utah,
Omaha, gold, Juno and sword. Britain was meant to
invade the Germans on the 5th of June but because
of the terrible weather they had to delay it to
the next day the 6th of June.
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The day of victory was the 7th of June at
midnight. Britain, America and Canadian troops
were involved . Many troops were either killed
or very badly hurt. Over 30,000 troops went off
to fight for operation D-day. When the men got to
shore a metal flap would come down to let the men
out and to let the equipment out. There were five
different beaches. They were Utah, Omaha, Gold,
Juno and Sword. Thousands of men were dropped by
parachutes. They were dropped behind the German
troops so they could trap them. In the end the
Britain, American and Canadian troops pushed the
Germans out of France.
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Britain started to win the war.
The beaches!
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THE AFTERMATH OF D-DAY
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As time went by the British, American, and
Canadian troops were pushing the Germans out of
France and further into Germany. Once they had
captured the Germans they put them into camps but
they fed them and looked after them. The camps
were called Prisoner of war camps. Once they had
liberated France the British, American and
Canadian troops put the German troops back into
Germany. After they had set them free the British