1. Knowledge Organiser: Key terms Key people Key events Key Facts
Key Concepts

2. Knowledge Organiser: World War II (1939-1945)
Key events
1919
The Treaty of Versailles
1939
1st September Hitler invades Poland
1940
Retreat from Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
The Blitz
1941
Pearl Harbor
1945
Dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan
Key terms
Treaty of Versailles
Peace Treaty drawn up at the end of WW1
rearmament
Build up a counties armed forces
Blitzkrieg
Lightening war
BEF
British Expeditionary Force
Operation Dynamo
The code name for the plan to rescue/evacuate troops from the beaches at Dunkirk
Operation Sea Lion
The code name for Hitler invasion of Britain by air
The Battle of Britain
The fighting that took place in the air between the RAF and the German Airforce during the Summer of 1940.
Luftwaffe
German air force
RAF
British air force – Royal Airforce
The Blitz
The German bombing of British towns and cities during WWII
Homefront
What the people at home did to help with the war effort. For example, rationing, evacuation, blackout, building air raid shelters
Morale
the confidence, enthusiasm, and spirit of a person or group of people
Allies
Britain, France, America
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on the American Pacific Navy Fleet that were stationed in Hawaii
Atomic bomb
extremely powerful bomb that uses the explosive power resulting from splitting the atom (nuclear power)
Key Facts
Dunkirk 1940
340,000 men were rescued off the beaches
Battle of Britain
Famous Churchill quote: ‘never was so much owed by so many to so few
The British were outnumbered 3:1
Germany has 824 fighters and 1017 bombers in service.
Britain only had 591 fighters.
Blitz
London was bombed for 77 nights in a row bar 1 night.
In the summer of 1941 about 43,000 people had been killed and over 2 million were homeless
Pearl Harbor
In under 2 hours, 18 warships were sunk or crippled, 3 others were damaged,
177 planes were destroyed, most of them on the ground
over 2300 men were dead.
The Japanese lost 29 planes
Atomic bombs
On 6 August 1945, a single atom bomb was dropped onto the Japanese town of Hiroshima, killing 80,000 people instantly and injuring a further 40,000.
On 9 August 1945 a second atom bomb was dropped on the Japanese port of Nagasaki. This time 40,000 people were killed instantly.
VE & VJ Days
Key People
Hitler
Nazi Dictator of Germany
Churchill
British Prime minister during WWII
Roosevelt
President of USA during WWII until April 1945
Truman
President of USA during WWII after April 1945

3. GCSE Key Skill focus: Usefulness

4. How useful is this source for an enquiry into the effects of the Blitz on the people of London?
What is suggested about the topic? 1= 2=
These cruel, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler’s invasion plans.
He hopes, by killing large numbers of civilians, and women and children, that he will terrorise the people of this mighty imperial city . . .
Little does he know the spirit of the British nation, or the tough fibre of the Londoners.
Part of a speech made by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill - Radio broadcast during the London Blitz,
What is the NOP and does this make the source useful?
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What wider knowledge do I have that might help me explain the NOP?