1 First strike
The German Army invades Poland in 1939 with around 1.5 million
soldiers using a devastating new tactic of warfare called
'Blitzkrieg' which means lightning war.
2 Atlantic terror
By June 1940, Allied ships travelling to Britain across the
Atlantic Ocean were being targeted for destruction by German
submarines, known as U-boats.
3 War in the sky
Bomber planes were used to fight the war from the sky. They flew
together in groups on dangerous missions into enemy territory. They
dropped bombs on railways, factories and cities. The largest and
most advanced aircraft was the American bomber, the B29
Superfortress.
4 Blitzed cities
From September 1940, German bombers attacked British cities through
a series of nightly air raids known as the Blitz. It lasted for
nine months and caused the deaths of thousands of people.
5 Firepower
Armies developed powerful tanks to fight their enemies. In July
1943, around 6,000 tanks were used in the battle between German and
Russian troops near the town of Kursk, in Central Russia.
6 In the Pacific
The Allies battled against Japanese forces for control of the South
Pacific using powerful aircraft carriers. These aircraft carriers
had powerful rotating cannon and short range machine guns. They
held over 100 aircraft and had around 3,500 crew on board. By 1944,
the aircraft carriers faced threats from Japanese Kamikaze
pilots.
7 D-Day
On June 6, 1944, around around 150,000 allied troops stormed the
five beaches of Normandy, in German-occupied France. It was called
D-Day and it was the biggest invasion i history.
8 Final months
From June 1944, the German army had been pushed back through Europe
by Allied troops from the West and by the Soviets from the East.
The Soviets reached the Germany's capital, Berlin by April 1945.
The Germans surrendered to the Allies on May 2, 1945. On August 14,
1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies after two atomic bombs were
dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. German
and Japanese leaders were later tried for 'war crimes'.
Rob studied Egyptology at university, but never thought he'd do much with it. Since joining Usborne in 2005, he's written loads of books about Ancient Egypt, and on topics ranging from space to the story of Islam. He is also the author of several award-winning historical adventure novels, and a hopeless cook
A great overview of the whole conflict... a great book for primary
school kids - but also contains enough colourful snippets and
insights to appeal to older children, too.
*The Sun*
See inside the Second World War is a child-friendly but extremely
detailed account of the run-up to the Normandy Landings. There are
over 60 flaps for busy and curious little fingers to open and
explore... The See inside series is such a fantastic way to engage
children with history and fact-finding.
*Read it Daddy*
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