© HarperCollins Publishers 2010 Chronology – sense of period What were the turning points of World War Two?
Dec 14, 2015
© 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.
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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