1. A presentation by Raheel

2. CONTENTS Why did England declare war with Germany Weapons Evacuation Tanks Adolf Hitler Spitfires D-Day landing Winston Churchill

3. France, with the United Kingdom, was one of the first participants in World War II after declaring war on Nazi Germany following its invasion of Poland in 1939. After the Phony War from 1939 to 1940, the Germans conducted a brilliant campaign in the Low Countries and, in the Battle of France, managed to inflict a brutal defeat on the forces of the Third Republic. France formally surrendered to Germany on June 25, 1940, and a collaborationist government, led by Philippe Pétain and centered in Vichy, France, was established. On June 18, 1940, Charles de Gaulle gave a memorable speech to the French people over BBC Radio, telling them that "France has lost the battle, but France has not lost the war." De Gaulle did not recognize the legitimacy of the Vichy government and went on to found the Free French as the true government of France. The number of Free French troops grew with Allied success in North Africa, Italy, and the invasions of France in 1944. On October 23, 1944, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union officially recognized de Gaulle's regime as the provisional government of France. Recruitment in liberated France led to notable enlargements of the French armies. By the end of the war in May 1945, France had 1,250,000 troops, 10 divisions of which were fighting in Germany.United Kingdom World War IIinvasion of PolandPhony WarLow CountriesBattle of FranceJune 251940Philippe PétainVichyJune 181940 North AfricaItalyOctober 23 1944BritainUnited StatesSoviet Union

4. WEAPONS ATOMIC BOMBS On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was the target of the first atomic bomb used against civil population in history. Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb over the city of Nagasaki. In total, about one fourth of a million people were killed by the two bombs.HiroshimaNagasaki

5. RIFLES Rifles were to be carried on the backs of the soldiers

6. Evacuation Being evacuated was very exciting, but it was also strange and frightening. Most mothers did not go away with their children, and the children didn't know where they were being sent or who they were to live with. Some children had fantastic adventures and some were very miserable. Before the war many children living in towns and cities had never been to the countryside and were amazed when they saw cows and sheep for the first time! Imagine how big a shock it might have been for Clifford to return to London after living in the country...

7. Tanks Tanks were equipped with heavy armour

8. Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on 20th April, 1889, in the small Austrian town of Braunau near the German border. Both Hitler's parents had come from poor peasant families. His father Alois Hitler, the illegitimate son of a housemaid, was an intelligent and ambitious man and later became a senior customs official.AustrianAlois Hitler

9. Spitfires Spitfires were a key Allied weapon during the war and played a decisive part in The Battle of Britain. Squadrons of Spitfires were based at airfields spread across southern England. The success of Radar provided Britain with an effective early warning system, allowing Spitfires and other fighter aircraft to be 'scrambled' to engage enemy planes before they reached their targets.

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11. D-day