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The second World War
Objective n°1 : Where and when did WWII take place ?
Click on : http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/world_at_war/
1. Give the dates of the two world wars that happened in the 20th century.
Voc : happen = take place
The first world war …………………………………………..from …………………………..to ……………………………….. .
The second world war ………………………………………… from …………………………..to ……………………………….. . Lots
of people died : ……………………………………………civilians and …………………………………………..soldiers.
2. Give the names of the two “groups” that fought during WWII. Then colour the map :
choose two different colours, one for each group.
 Click on « Who fought in the war ».
Voc : WWII = World War the Second. / each = chaque
Name of each group
Countries belonging
to each group
Reasons for making
the war
Key :
…………………………………….
…………………………………….
Objective n°2 : World War II Leaders
3. Who were they ? Write their names and their countries.
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/leaders.html
4. Read the short biographies then complete your worksheet : Was is Neville Chamberlain
(= NC), Winston Churchill (=WC), General De Gaulle (= GdG) Franklin Roosevelt (= FR) or
Adolf Hitler (= AH) ?
www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/timetrail
Click on :  World War II  Important people.
He was born in Blenheim Palace, near Oxford.
In 1900 at the early age of 26, he was elected Member of Parliament for the Conservative
Party.
Under his power, the size of the army increased and new weapons of war were invented.
He was Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940.
He was the leader who started the war.
He decided to evacuate all the children from London to the countryside.
He was born in Austria in 1889.
His army invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland.
He became the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1933.
He served as Prime Minister when war broke out. On September 3rd, 1939, he addressed the
nation by radio, telling it that it was now at war with Germany.
He was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945.
He was the leader of the Nazi party.
He had around 6 millions of Jews executed.
He was Prime Minister from 1941 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
He started the war because he wanted to rule the world.
He was a very brave man and he guided Britain through the war.
He helped the allies by sending war material to the Allies in Europe.
He died in 1965.
He killed himself 9 days after the war on the May 17th 1945.
He made war on Japan and Germany after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (a naval base
in Hawaii) in December 1941.
5. With the notes from ex 4, write a short biography for (a) Winston Churchill (b) Adolf
Hitler (in your copybook).
Objective 3 : Key events and dates of the war.
6. Can you read dates ? Associate an element of the first column with an element of the
second column :
1889
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nineteen fifty-five
1933
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nineteen forty
1940
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nineteen sixty-five
1900
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nineteen fourteen
1955
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eighteen oh-eight
1965
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eighteen eighty-nine
1914
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nineteen thirty-three
1808
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nineteen hundred
7. Now write the following dates :
1945 : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
1939 : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
1951 : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
1918 : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
1901 : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………….
8. Write the dates corresponding to these events :
1933 – 1939 - 1940 – 1941 - 1944 - 1945
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001288.html
D-Day : the Allies invade Normandy and liberate France.
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbour (an American naval base in Hawaii) in December. The
USA joined the war on the side of the allies.
Nazi Germany attacks Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Hitler commits suicide . Germany surrenders to the Allies in May.
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
German troops invade France and enter Paris.
Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in June. Stalin declared war on Germany.
Nazi Germany invades Poland.
Atomic bombs are dropped on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in August. World War II
ends.
France, Britain (and its Commonwealth) declare war on Germany. World War II begins.
9. Put your answers from ex 8 in the right order to complete the timeline :
1933
1939
- Sept 1st :
- Sept 3rd :
1940
- May :
- June :
1941
- June :
- Dec :
1944
- June :
- August :
1945
- April :
- Aug :
10. Build up your vocabulary :
- Les Alliés / les Puissances de l’Axe : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- éclater (contexte : La guerre éclata … ) : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- déclarer la guerre à … : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- faire la guerre à … : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- envahir un pays : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- entrer en guerre dans le camp des alliés : ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
- dominer le monde : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- se rendre aux Alliés : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- commencer / se terminer : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. Build up your vocabulary :
- Les Alliés / les Puissances de l’Axe : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- éclater (contexte : La guerre éclata … ) : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- déclarer la guerre à … : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- faire la guerre à … : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- envahir un pays : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- entrer en guerre dans le camp des alliés : ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
- dominer le monde : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- se rendre aux Alliés : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- commencer / se terminer : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Objective n°4 : What was the Blitz ?
11. What was the Blitz ?
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/blitz.htm
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Definition : The Blitz is the name given to …………………………………………………..……………………………………
.………………………………..……………………………… by………………………………………………………………………………………………………
from (date) …………………………………………………………….…….to (date) ………………..………………………………………………..
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During the Blitz, ……………………………………….. civilians were killed and ……………………………………were
seriously injured.
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Origin of the word “Blitz” : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Translation :
- in English : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
– in French (la réponse n’est pas dans le site) : ………………………………………..……………………
12. Label the map with some of the places that were bombed in Britain during the Second
World War :
London
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Bristol
Glasgow
Birmingham
York
Liverpool
Exeter
Coventry
13. Some places were bombed more than others. Circle the places you think were bombed:
AIRFIELDS – PORTS & DOCKS – FARMS – FACTORIES
THE COUNTRYSIDE - RADAR STATIONS
14. Why did German bombers attack those places in particular ?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/hold_ye_front_page/4696523/The-Blitz.html
- Hitler wanted to …………………………….………. Britain.
- To succeed, he needed to take ……………………………………………………………………..
and defeat the
…………………. (= Royal Air Force).
- He wanted to destroy ………………………………………………………………………… .
15. What’s the definition of “an air raid” ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/air_raids/
Voc : shelter : s’abriter / a shelter : un abri
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16. Where did people shelter during air raids ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/air_raids/
 Click on “Where did people shelter ?”
Name of this type of shelter :
Morrison Shelter
Where was it ?
At home
Name of this type of shelter :
Where was this photo taken ?
………………………………………………………
- …………………………………………..………
Where was it built ?
- ……………………………………………………
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