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World War 2

 

World War 2

-What was the cause of WW2?

The impact of the treaty of versailles following WW1 the world wide economic depression, the rise of militarism in Germany and Japan. German troops invaded Poland on September 1st 1939, which started WW2.

-What are 5 facts about WW2?

1.the war was against the allies and the axis.

-The Allies, Britain, France, Russia, China and USA

-The Axis, Germany, Italy and japan.

2. The Holocaust was one of the most terrible events to happen.

3.there were many battles in WW2

-Battle of Britain

-Pearl Harbour

-Battle of Berlin

-D-day

4.The war in Europe finished when Germany surrendered.

5.VE day is on the 8th May each year. This stands for victory in Europe 1945

-What was the longest battle of WW2?

Battle of the Atlantic

-How many soldiers died?

about 20 million 

-How many civilians lost there lives?

over 40 million 

genocide, massacres, mas-bombings, disease and starvation.

The Holocaust

The Holocaust also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews. Nazi Germany murdered 6 million Jews. Jews were held in concentration camps around Europe and Germany.

-What does Genocide mean?

the delibrate killing of a large number of people.

Name 3 concentration camps

1. Auschwitz

2. Belsen

3. Dachau

-When did WW2 end?

2nd September 1945

-Who was Hitler?

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933-1945. He was the leader of the Nazi party.

He was born in 1889 and died by his own hand on the 30th april 1945

My Great Grandfather

Maurice Bryce

My great grandfather was born in 1917. During the second world war he was 22 years old, he did not fight in the war but had an important role as a structural engineer who worked in London for AVRO and company as part of the design team for the Lancaster Bomber. During the main part of the war they lost 3249 planes that were shot down by the Germans. They built 2000 of these every month. At night he was the home guard, this meant he patrolled the streets to keep people safe and made sure they got to the air raid shelters. These were bunkers dug into the ground under houses where people went for safety.

Im so proud of my great grandfather, i wish i could have meet him. My mum and nana tell me stories about him. 

Maurice Bryce 1940

From my great Grandfathers autobiography:
“After V.E Day we were still at war with Japan and it wasn’t until August 1945 that they were defeated with the dropping of two atomic bombs.
So the war was over and we had come through it pretty well – out of all the members of the family who were called up only one failed to come back. He was Leo De Botte, Margaret’s fiance and he was killed in a Wellington Bomber a few weeks before he and Margaret were to be married. He was 24.
So our life was fairly hectic. We were bombed several times, were attacked by Flying Bombs and subjected to the air raid sirens going off at all times. Joan’s family house was badly damaged and her Mum went to live in Blackpool with some of the family. Desmond and I had propped the basement of their house and made the cellar into a good air raid shelter. Then of course I joined the Home Guard and was taught how to handle a 303 rifle and grenades, In the first place we were very short of equipment but eventually we had it all. I used to go out two or three times a week and some weekends with the Home Guard. After the war I received a letter from King George V thanking me. On the home front we had food coupons, clothes coupons and we could only buy utility furniture.”
The coupons were the rationing. You could only buy these things with your allocation of coupons. All mums’s family and friends donated their clothes coupons to pay for her wedding dress.

My Great Grandad and Nana

Signed by the King printed onto the original 

My Great Grandfathers home guard documents

Letters from my Great Nana to my mum about her experience in the war

World War l

 -What was the cause of WW1?

Because a young Serbian patriot shot and killed archduke Franz Ferinand.

-When did WW1 start?

28th July 1914

-What countries fought in WW1?

over 30 nations declared war between 1914 and 1918. The majority joined the side of the allies. They opposed germany, austria, hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire.

-How many soldiers lost there lives?

around 9.7 million

-How many civilians lost there lives?

10 million

*21 million wounded.

-When did world war 1 end?

11th November 1918

-Why did WW1 end?

germany signed an armistice agreement with the allies.

-How did WW1 impact the world?

created numerous new nation states, encouraged independence movements in europe.

forced america to become a world power which led to soviet communism and the rise of hitler.

-WW1 can be described as 'A new type of war' why?

because as new technologies led to new weapons and even more horrific ways to bring death to the battlefield.

The battle of Somme

The battle of the somme in france took place from july to november 1916.

British forces suffered more than 57,000 casualties, 19,000 killed on the first day, making it the most disastrous day in the nations millitary history. 

'one of the most bitter and costly battles of world war 1'

Prior to the attack, the Allies launched a week-long heavy artillery bombardment, using some 1.75 million shells, which aimed to cut the barbed wire guarding German defenses and destroy the enemy’s positions. On the morning of July 1, 11 divisions of the British 4th Army (many of them volunteer soldiers going into battle for the first time) began advancing on a 15-mile front north of the Somme. At the same time, five French divisions advanced on an eight-mile front to the south, where the German defenses were weaker.Allied leaders had been confident the bombardment would damage German defenses enough so that their troops could easily advance. But the barbed wire remained intact in many places, and the German positions, many of which were deep underground, were stronger than anticipated. Along the line, German machine gun and rifle fire cut down thousands of the attacking British troops, many of them caught in no man’s land.

Women during WW1

women were barred from voting, or serving in the military. Women filled manufacturing and agricultral positions on the home front. others provided support on the front line as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers and translators.

Life in the trenchers

the war was fought by soldiers in trenches. Trenchers were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground were soldiers lived. They were very muddy, uncomfortable and the toilets overflowed. Some soldiers developed trench foot.

I watched a video on WW1.

Here is my picture i made.

Electricity

 -What is electricity?

a form of energy resulting from the existence of charge particles either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current 

-How does electricity work?

electricity works by getting a bunch of conductor elements together and creating a flow of electron stealing patterns through them.

-What are some careers in electricity?

1.electrician (my dad is a electrician)

2.electrical installer

3.electrical inspector 

4.electrical engineering

-What are some power sources other than electricity?

1.hydrogen gas

2.tidal energy

3.wind energy

4.biofuels

5.natural gas

-How do we get our electricity?

auckland generates most of is electricity from the south island. Renewable hydro, wind and geothermal. 

-Do you think you could live without power?

No

The light bulb

-who invented the light bulb?

Thomas Edison

-What year was it invented?

1879 

My Light bulb

Static Electricity

-What is static electricity?

a stationary electric charge, typically produced by friction 

-Rub your hair on a balloon to create static energy

I rubbed my hair on the balloon and moved it around on my head, it made my hair stick up.

static electricity. 

Dress up

 

I chose to dress up as George from IT -Something scary

I made my paper boat, i had a yellow jacket and my balloon has helium in it so it stays up!!

My mum painted my face to look like i was dead.

Hope you like it.