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
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.
“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
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