1. World War Two
September August 1945
How did the war start?
Who were the opposing sides?
Where was the war fought?
What were the major phases of the war?
What were the main turning points?
Why did the allies win the war?

9. Major phases of the war: 1939-1942: Axis conquest:
Blitzkrieg/invasion of Poland
Fall of France
Battle of Britain
Operation Barbarossa (invasion of Russia)
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
1942: Turning points:
Battles of Midway, El Alamein, Stalingrad
: Allied successes:
Italy invaded 1943
D Day Normandy Landing
Defeat of Germany
Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs – defeat of Japan