By Elizabeth an Natalia

CONTENTSCONTENTS1. Evacuation (3)

2. The causes of ww2 (4)

3. The treaty of Versailles (5)

4. Phoney war (6)

5. Blitz (7)

6. Places involved in the blitz (8)

7. Protection (9)

8. Blackout (10)

9. Time line (11)

10. Time line (12)

11. Time line (13)

12. Time line (14)

13. Time line (15)

14. Rationing (16)

15.What was it? (17)

16. Who organised it? (18)

17. What was rationed? (19)

18. Images of rationing (20)

19. Home gaurd (21)

EvacuationEvacuation Evacuation was when children were moved to a different part of the country. They were moved because of the bombing in towns and cities. When the children

were Evacuated they took:

•A gas mask

• A sandwich from their mother

• A paper bag containing

Spare changes of underwear and night clothes

The children went to school in the morning then marched in long lines to the train or bus station were they were sent to the country

The causes of ww2 The causes of ww2

After world war one all the other countries blamed Germany for starting WW2.as a punishment, they made Germany sign the treaty of Versailles.

The treaty of Versailles was a important document which had Four rules which they must obey.

The treaty of VersaillesThe treaty of Versailles

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

•Give back the land they took inworld war 2.

•Pay compensation to the destroyed Contreys in.

Q1. When and what was the phoney war?

The phoney war was at the start of the war when Britain

thought that the war was never going to start. It started in

September 1939 till April 1940.They stopped carrying there

gassy masks and some evacuees went home. This process lasted for six

month’s but soon the German forces attacked,

Denmark and Norway and then they attacked Britain. This became the Phoney war.

phoney warphoney war

Q2. What was the blitz?

The blitz was when the German forces suddenly attacked

the big cities In Britain. This happened night after night the German forcesInvaded Britain from September

1940 till may 1941.

Q3. Which cities were involved?

These are the cities and towns which were

involved,London, Swansea,

Cardiff, Bristol, south Hampton, Plymouth,

Birmingham,Coventry and Liverpool.

In Coventry at November 1940 was the

biggest Air-raid the world has

ever had

Q4. How did the people in Britain

protect themselves?They protected themselves by

hiding in air-raid shelters.

Air-raid shelters were built to help prevent Germans from seeing were

the Towns are. A black

out was when sources of lightWere put out.

BlackoutBlackoutBritain was blacked out on 1st September 1939, two days before the war. During the war, everyone had to cover their windows and doors at night 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 ground. Thousands of people died in road accidents.

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1941 1942

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Why was it needed?Rationing was when Britain were getting food, petrol an from other countries, but GermanyCut of the food that was travelling to Britain by bombing the cargo ships which carried the food.

What was it?Rationing was

when Britain was short on supplies

of food and goods. The

people who lived in Britain were all

given a ration book to keep track of all the food and other goods that

were being rationed. This was

so everybody a equal amount of

everything.

Who organized it?

It was organized by the government in a special department called the Ministry of food.

What was rationed?

The things that were rationed were things

like *food-tea

-sugar-eggs-meat

-cheese-butter-ham

-baconBut they also

rationed things like *petrol

*clothes

HOMEHOME GAURDGAURD

D-DayD-Day

The 'D' in D-Day does not stand for anything, it's a just a name the

military use when planning an event. The military started planning the

details of the invasion before they knew the date when it would take

place. In order to organise things like when the troop ships should leave

England they referred to it as D-Day.

D-day was a battle to liberate the French from the Germans.

The British had help from the Canadian and the Americans.

D-Day started on the 6th June 1944.

There were five main landing beaches:

Juno Gold

Omaha Sword Utah

Images of D-DayImages of D-Day

The aftermath of D-DayThe aftermath of D-DayThe after math of d-day was when the British, American and Canadian troops liberated France from German occupation, France celebrated on the streets this was called VE-Day. They liberated France on the 25th of August 1944. The allied troops marched the German troops out of France and into Germany. It took around ten weeks to liberate Paris.