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© HarperCollins Publishers 2010

Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

© HarperCollins Publishers 2010

Chronology – sense of period

Objectives

In this activity you will:

Explain what a turning point is.

Know the sequence of turning points in World War Two.

© HarperCollins Publishers 2010

Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

What event happened here in 1941?

Pearl Harbour

D-Day

Pearl Harbour

Enigma Code cracked

Franz Ferdinand assassinated

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Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

Which country was invaded in September 1939, leading to Britain

and France declaring war on Germany?

Czechoslovakia

Russia

Poland

Italy

Poland

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Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

Which event happened here on 6 June 1944?

D-Day, Normandy coast

D-Day

The Holocaust

Hitler committed suicide

France surrendered to the

Nazis

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Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

What happened here in August 1945?

Pearl Harbour

The Holocaust

The USA dropped

atomic bombs

China invaded Japan

US dropped

atomic bombs

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Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

Which battle took place here in 1943?

Stalingrad

Kursk

El Alamein

D-Day

Kursk area

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Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

Which code was cracked at Bletchley Park in Britain in 1940?

Green Cross

Starlight

Da Vinci

Enigma

Enigma

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Chronology – sense of period

What were the turning points of World War Two?

Auschwitz was located here. But what is Auschwitz known for?

Making military hardware

As a labour camp

Where Hitler committed suicide

As an extermination camp

Extermination camp

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