World War II Timeline 1939-1940

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World War II Timeline 1939-1940

• 1st September 1939 Germany invades Poland
• 22nd June 1940 France surrenders to Germany
• 15th September 1940 Massive German air raids on
  London
• 15th August 1940 Air battles and daylight raids
  over London
• 27th September 1939 Poland surrenders to
  Germany
• 9th April 1940 Germany invades Denmark and
  Norway
• 10th June 1940 Norway surrenders to Germany
• 7th September 1940 German Blitz against Britain
  begins
• 23rd August 1940 First German raid on Central
  London
• 10th May 1940 Germany invades France, Belgium,
  Luxembourg and Holland
• 10th July 1940 Battle of Britain begins
• 8th January 1940 Rationing begins in Britain
• 15th May 1940 Holland surrenders
• 13th August 1940 German bombing offensive
  against airfields factories in Britain
• 28th May 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany

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World War II Timeline 1939-1940

• 1st September 1939 Germany invades Poland
• 27th September 1939 Poland surrenders to
  Germany
• 8th January 1940 Rationing begins in Britain
• 9th April 1940 Germany invades Denmark and
  Norway
• 10th May 1940 Germany invades France, Belgium,
  Luxembourg and Holland
• 15th May 1940 Holland surrenders
• 28th May 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany
• 10th June 1940 Norway surrenders to Germany
• 22nd June 1940 France surrenders to Germany
• 10th July 1940 Battle of Britain begins
• 13th August 1940 German bombing offensive
  against airfields factories in Britain
• 15th August 1940 Air battles and daylight raids
  over London
• 23rd August 1940 First German raid on Central
  London
• 7th September 1940 German Blitz against Britain
  begins
• 15th September 1940 Massive German air raids on
  London

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The Blitz

• The Home Front
• Britain During World War II

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What was The Blitz?

• Bombing Raids
• Hitler believed that by targeting civilians he
  could force the British to surrender and on 7th
  September 1940 began his daily bombing campaign.
  London was the main target but other major cities
  were also bombed. Casualties were high. On the
  first day of bombing 430 people were killed and
  1,600 badly injured.
• Within a few weeks the daily bombing raids had
  become nightly raids. Hitler decided to make the
  bombing raids at night to increase the 'fear
  factor' and also to make people weaker by not
  allowing them to sleep properly. People in London
  slept in underground stations for protection.

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How reliable is each Source in telling us what
the people of London were like during the Blitz?

• SOURCE BAll reports from London are agreed
  that the population is seized by fear.   The
  Londoners have completely lost their
  self-control.Nazi-controlled French radio
  broadcast, 18th September 1940.

• SOURCE AHitler expects to terrorise and cow
  the people of this mighty city   Little does he
  know the spirit of the British nation, or the
  tough fibre of the Londoners.Winston
  Churchill, radio broadcast 11th September 1940.

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About The Blitz

• To keep peoples hopes up, Government news films
  and press releases talked about the bravery and
  fighting spirit of civilians.
• Reports were censored if they gave numbers or
  photographs of the dead.
• During the war as a whole German bombing killed
  about 60,000 British civilians.
• It is worth remembering that even in the worst of
  the Blitz normal life went on. People still went
  to work and daily life went on as normal.

• The Blitz was intense bombing of British cities.
  It was meant to break the morale of British
  civilians.
• At first the raids happened in daylight. But
  Germany lost so many bombers they had to bomb at
  night.
• Radar and air sirens gave people warning of most
  raids so they had time to get into the shelters.
• People would shelter in public air raid shelters,
  shelters in their own home or garden and even in
  the London Underground.

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