1. Welcome to Hollie's world war
two presentation!
Enjoy this beautiful song
while you wait!
2. The announcement!
Are you good at imagining?
Listen to this and imagine your at home
listening how would you feel, be honest with
yourself ok!
This is when the war got announced,
not on tv though on the radio, in those
days tv's didn't exsist!
4. The BLACKOUTS!
Once the bombings started, evacuations
started, sirens started to go off, air raid shelters
were built and then the BLACKOUTS started,
do you now what the BLACKOUTS were?
I'll explain, on a night german bombers were
expected so everyone would buy massive
BLACK curtains to cover their windows
AFRAID OF
THE DARK?
A UT!
5. The BLACKOUTS!
and they would have to keep their
lights switched off and use candles as
lights! Does that sound scary? Have
you ever experienced a power cut,
absoloutly NO eletric!
The BLACKOUTS were a bit like that
but only worse!
Do you have to have a light on when
you go to sleep, yes you say you
wouldn't be good in a BLACKOUT
would you?
6. Evacuation!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/history/
ww2clips/eyewitness/evacuee_child
Why were children evacuated?
People expected cities to be bombed, as enemy planes tried
to destroy factories. But bombs would hit homes and schools
too, so children would be in danger. The government tried at
the start of the war to 'empty the cities' of children and
mothers, This was 'evacuation', to protect them from air
raids.
The plan was put into action in September 1939. About
800,000 children left their homes. However, many returned
home after a few weeks. Others stayed in the countryside for
7. Evacuation!
Where did children go?
Children were sent from cities to places where there was less risk
of air raids. Many London children went to Devon, Cornwall and
Wales. Other children moved to villages in the North, East Anglia
and Scotland.
Evacuees went to live with host families. Their new homes were
called 'billets'. 'Billeting officers' arranged for people to look after
the children. Things did not always go to plan. Some children
ended up in the wrong places. Sometimes evacuees just stood in
a line, and local people picked which children to take.
A smaller number of children (perhaps 10,000) went to other
countries such as Canada, Australia and the United States.
8. The blitz
What was an air raid?
An air raid was an attack by enemy planes dropping bombs. Warning of
enemy planes was given by sirens. When people heard the sirens'
wailing sound, they went into air raid shelters.
Big bombs exploded with a loud bang and blew buildings apart. Small
bombs called 'incendiaries' started fires. Firefighters worked bravely to
put out the flames. Rescue teams pulled people from fallen buildings.
Ambulances took the injured to hospital. When the planes had gone,
the sirens sounded the 'All Clear'.
9. The blitz
The Blitz
Air raids on London began in September 1940. This was the start of
the Blitz. Lots of other places were bombed, including industrial cities
and ports such as Birmingham, Coventry, Southampton, Sheffield,
Manchester, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow. There were air raids on
seaside towns, such as Eastbourne, and on cathedral cities such as
Canterbury.
In 1944, Britain faced attacks from new weapons. First came the V-1, a
robot 'flying bomb'. Then there was the V-2, a rocket which flew so fast
no-one could see or hear it coming. London was the main target for V-1
and V-2 attacks.
10. The blitz
Where did people shelter?
Many people had their own air raid shelter. Called an Anderson
Shelter, it could be built in a small garden. It was made of steel panels.
The panels were 'corrugated' (made wavy), which made the shelter
strong, especially with soil spread over the top. There was an entrance
at one end. Inside was a bench-seat, which could become a bed at
night.
Public shelters were made of brick and concrete. No-one liked them
much. They were dark, smelly and not as strong as they looked. In
London, more than 150,000 people went into Underground stations
every night for shelter. They slept on the platforms.
11. The blitz
● A shelter at home
● To put up an Anderson shelter, you had to have a garden. From 1941,
people could have an indoor shelter, called a Morrison shelter. It looked
like a steel table with wire mesh around the sides. You could play table
tennis on top, and crawl inside to play. People slept inside too, though
it was a bit squashed and you felt like monkeys in a cage!
●
● The Morrison shelter was very strong. People inside were usually safe
even if the ceiling of the room fell down on top of them.
12. The end of it all!
6 June 1944 was D-Day, when Allied forces landed in Normandy
(France) to begin the liberation of western Europe. Everyone hoped the
war would soon be over. However, there were many fierce battles in
Europe and in the Pacific war with Japan before the fighting stopped in
1945.
Life was very hard for children in the countries where the last battles
were fought. Towns were bombed day and night. Railways and roads
were blown up. There was fighting in villages and city streets. There
was so little fuel or food that millions of people were cold and starving.
Many people became homeless refugees.
13. The end of it all!
● Victory parties
● On 8 May 1945 people celebrated VE Day (Victory in Europe Day).
Crowds packed the streets, cheering, singing and dancing. Children
joined in the fun, waving flags, dressing up and making party hats.
There were fireworks and bonfires, speeches and Church services,
parades and street parties.
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● The wartime government, led by Winston Churchill, had done its job.
There was a general election in July 1945, and it was won by the
Labour Party. Clement Attlee became Britain's new prime minister.
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● In August 1945 Japan stopped fighting. On 2 September, the Allies
officially celebrated VJ Day (Victory in Japan Day). World War 2 was
over.
14. The end of it all!
Families reunited
Soldiers, sailors and airmen came home: over 100,000 every month.
Men and women swapped uniforms for 'civvy' (civilian) clothes. Also
coming home were thousands of prisoners of war or POWs. Some ha
been prisoners for 5 years.
People had got used to war. Now they had to get used to peace.
Families were together again, but life was not easy. Many homes had
been destroyed in air raids. Some homeless families moved into
'prefabs' - concrete bungalows built in factories for quick assembly.
Many children found it strange getting to know again a father who'd
been away for years. Not all families got back together happily.
15. The end of it all!
Refugees
World War 2 left millions of people homeless as refugees. Some had
escaped from the Nazis before the war. Others had been driven from
their homes by fighting. In Europe there were more than 12 million
refugees, or 'displaced persons', including millions of Germans. There
were people seeking missing relatives, and many children without
parents.
The Allies set up the United Nations to keep the peace. One of its
most urgent tasks in 1945 was to help refugees return to their homes
or find new ones.
16. Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed this
presentation and I hope it
gave you a rough idea
of what the ww2 was really
like!
