Propaganda included Year Six posters, radio, TV, World War Two films and newspapers. Germany Winston Churchill led During the war, over invaded Poland on the UK, after taking 10,000 men and women 1st September over from Neville left their families and Chamberlain. homes in the Caribbean Autumn 1 to join the British armed 1939 The USA, China, Russia and many commonwealth forces, working behind On the 3rd countries fought the scenes and on the September, the alongside Great Britain. Glossary frontline to defeat the allies declared war. Nazis. Adolf Hitler led the German Allies - countries who army. Italy and Japan fought are united when they go alongside Germany. to war Throughout the UK Many families had a bomb On both sides of the shelter in their garden (an war propaganda was people suffered Anderson, Morrison or Air raid shelter - a used to change the great hardships. Brick & Built) which they would have used to building to protect publics' perception of Their homes were protect themselves during people from bombs the war and destroyed and air raids. Many children encourage the war were evacuated out of civilian fatalities cities to the countrside. effort. were common. Axis Powers - countries During attacks, Britain "blacked out" which that fought alongside made it hard for planes to locate cities. Nazi Germany in WW2 At the start of the war, Britain When in power Hitler was importing more than two- Blitz - a series of 5 million persecuted Jewish thirds of its food from people and many overseas. During the war, bombing raids on the women took on there was a huge reduction in other minority groups. product availability as supply UK war time jobs to This resulted in the ships were targeted by German support the UK holocaust where over bombers. The rationing of food Fatality - an occurrence during the war 6 million began in January 1940 and Jews lost their lives. lasted until 1954 (9 years after of death by accident effort. the war had ended).

Nazi- a member of the This is Anne Frank. political party that She wrote a diary Women took jobs as: mechanics, during WW2, which came to power in 1933 ambulance drivers, nurses, plumbers tells the story of and many other important roles. being Jewish during Rationing - when each They also formed the land army, this time. She person in the UK was doing traditional agricultural jobs, spent 761 days in as well as rat catching, dairy hiding in a only allowed a fixed farming and being 'Lumber Jills' Secret Annex. amount of food felling, sawing and lifting timber. WW2 is not a civilisation but a short period of time (6 years!) with a huge impact on the world!