WORLD WAR II

Rationing

Rationing was done in WW2 as the German bombers were blowing up our food supply ships so that meant we didn’t have enough food to go around. Then they started rationing the food they did have so that meant they didn’t have as much food each. There were many foods they rationed such as: Eggs, chocolate, butter, fruit, vegetables and meat.

Did You KnowNo one starved

during WW2 as they shared all the food rather then someone having too much and someone else having nothing.

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889 in Braunau am inn, Austria and

died on April 30th, 1945 in Berlin, Germany. His parents had both came

from poor families. Alois Hitler who was his dad, was an intelligent man

and he had been married before to Anna Glasl who was 14 years older than

him. Alois’ wife Klara Polzl was Alois’ second cousin and moved in with

him at the age of 16. Adolf was a politician and the leader of the Nazi

party and was also the chancellor of Germany from 1933-1945.

Adolf Hitler

Why World War II Started!World War II started on the 1st of September 1939 because Adolf Hitler wanted to get revenge for their defeat in World War I by making Germany’s Empire bigger. In 1938 the Nazis invaded Austria and on the 15th March they invaded Czechoslovakia, next they invaded Poland with over 1 million soldiers. The United Kingdom and France promised Poland they would help them if they were attacked so they threatened Hitler they would declare war if his troops did not go back to Germany by the 3rd September. Hitler ignored the United Kingdom and France’s threat so they declared war. Germany also invaded Denmark and Norway, Luxemburg the Netherlands and Belgium and conquered France. Additionally 60 – 75 million people died in World War II and it also ended on the 2nd of September 1945 so it lasted nearly 6 years.

In World War II/Blitz, when the air raid sirens went off many people went into the London underground to take cover but also people used their bomb shelters like the Anderson shelter to protect them. It was very uncomfortable in the London underground because some people had to sleep on the train tracks and to keep them happy they used to sing songs and read the newspaper. When they came out of the underground they were so sad to see their house blown up if it had been bombed. Here is a photograph of what it looked like.

This is what an air raid siren sounds like. Hover over the picture & click the red arrow! IF YOU WANT TO PAUSE IT CLICK ON THE PICTURE AGAIN! ALSO TO FINISH THE SLIDE CLICK ON THE BLUE!

Gas MasksOn September 1939 over 35 million gas masks were given out to families but the problem was they were never to be needed. Everyone in Britain were given one in a cardboard box, to protect them from gas bombs and normal bombs, which could be dropped during an air raid. People only had gas masks because they feared that chemical weapons would be used in World War II because they had used them in World War I. Because of these chemical weapons in World War I, many soldiers died so they didn’t want to lose soldiers in World War II. Many people started putting posters up to remind you to wear your gas mask at all time of the day. They were made of black rubber so if you had been wearing them for some time it would be very smelly and hot. In addition when you breathed out the gas mask would move away from your face to let the air out. In WWII children got mickey mouse gas masks and babies wore ones that covered their whole bodies with a hole to look through!

Mickey Mouse Gas MaskNormal Gas Mask

AIR RAID SHELTERSIn World War II Air Raid Shelters were designed to protect you from bombs being dropped from a German aircraft in Britain. As the night raids were becoming so frequent people started to get tired of not being able to sleep so they had to go back and forth into their air raid shelter and eventually it became their home until World War II was over. They bottom of the air raid shelters were buried into the ground and they were covered in earth to protect them from bomb blasts. By September 1939 over one and a half million Anderson shelters had been put up in gardens across Britain. The Anderson shelters were so dark and damp people didn’t want to use them at nights. The government started realise that the shelters weren’t protective enough, so by the 21st September 1940 many people started hiding in the London underground.

EVACUATION IN WORLD WAR II

In World War II many children got ‘evacuated’ (this means moving to a safer area) away from London as it was too dangerous there, since bombs were being thrown out of German aircrafts every single day. They often got moved into the countryside where it was less dangerous, but in some cases it was a worse place to be than in London as they got bombed more! They had to be moved away from their parents until the war was over. Many children wrote letters to their parents to show how much they miss them and love them. The official evacuations started on the 1ST of September 1939.

The Next Powerpoint Slide Has A Letter On.

Dear ma,

I miss you, I wish I could come back home but I am enjoying it here, I wish you were here with me. The billeting officer put me in with a man and lady called Mr and Mrs Milton. For breakfast I had bacon and egg with toast, it was very tasty, yesterday afternoon I went to church with them but we didn’t sing anything. Also I made a new friend called Nigel, he’s quite nice, he has brown hair and likes singing, anyway Mrs Milton is calling me down for dinner I have to go now.

Love, Billy.

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Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War 2, from 1940 to 1945. He was one of the greatest leaders in the world and his decisions helped us to win the war against the German Nazi party and Hitler.

Winston’s real name was Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill and he was born on the 30th November 1874 in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock and he died on the 24th January 1965 in London, aged 91. In addition Churchill was buried in St Martin’s Church, Bladon and he had 6 children called Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, Randolph Churchill, Diana Churchill, Sarah Churchill and Marigold Churchill. He also became prime minister for the second time from 1951 to 1955.