an Overview of WW2

Question 1

When was war declared

Answer 1

WarwasdeclaredatthestartofSeptember1939whenHitlerhadinvaded Poland.

Question 2

TheBattleoftheAtlantic

Answer 2

TheBattleoftheAtlantictookplacebetweensubmarines,warshipsand planes at sea. The Allies established a naval blockade of Germany as soon as war broke out and also sought to provide safe conduct across the Atlantic for merchant navy ships carrying supplies to England. This continued throughout the war.

Question 3

InMay1940

Answer 3

InMay1940,theGermantacticsofBlitzkriegweresosuccessfulthatthe British forces in France were pushed back to the beaches of Dunkirk. The British had to evacuate their troops across the Channel; the British managed to save the core of their army to fight another day

Question 4

InJune1940

Answer 4

InJune1940,Hitler’sBlitzkriegtacticsweresuccessfulinFranceandthe country was occupied by the Germans for the remainder of the war. Britain had lost one of her biggest allies.

Question 5

InSeptember1940

Answer 5

InSeptember1940,theLuftwaffebeganattackingBritishindustrialcitiesby the air. London was their biggest target

Question 6

InJune1941

Answer 6

InJune1941,theGermansinvadedtheUSSR.TheUSSRjoinedtheallies. The Germans soon found themselves fighting a fierce Russian resistance in extremely cold conditions that they were not used to.

Question 7

BattleofElAlamein

Answer 7

OneofthekeybattlesinNorthAfricawastheBattleofElAlameinin
October 1942. This is where the British troops, the ‘Desert Rats’, defeated the Nazis and then went on to push the enemy back through Sicily and then Italy. By the September of the following year, Italy had surrendered to the allies.

Question 8

When did the germans surrender

Answer 8

TheGermanssurrenderedon8thMay1945,eightdaysafterHitlerhad committed suicide in his Berlin bunker. The war in Europe was over but the war with Japan still raged on.