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 \nCrown Copyright/Imperial War Museum:10t;  \nHIP/Topham:20b;Hulton Deutsch/Corbis:8t.22;  \nPicturepoint/Topham:front cover,6,9,12,13b,20t,24cr,25t;  \nPRO/HIP/Topham:24bl;RogerViollet/Topham:7t,25b;  \nCourtesy of Marilyn Tonkin:26t.  \nWith thanks to our model:Emel Augustin  \nEvery attempt has been made to clear copyright.Should there be any inadvertent omission pleaseapply to the publisher for rectification.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this bookis available from the British Library  \nISBN:9780749665043  \nDewey Classification:941.084  \nPrinted in China  \nFranklin Watts is a division of Hachette Children's Books.  \nContents  \nWorld War ll  \n6  \nThe armed forcesEvacuation  \n8  \n10  \n12  \nThe Battle of BritainThe Blitz  \n14  \nThe home frontWomen in wartimeRationing  \n16  \n18  \n20  \nMake do and mendPoster campaign24Victory26Glossary28Index30  \n22  \n# World War ll\n\nWorld War Il was fought between 1939 and1945.It is called a 'world'war because so  \nmany different countries took part in it.People'slives were completeiy changed by the war.  \n# Invasion\n\nWorld War ll started when the German leaderAdolf Hitler took his armies into Poland.He hadalready invaded other countries surrounding  \nGermany.Britain and France wereworried by Hitler.They warnedHitler led thehim to move his troopsNazi Party.Here hisout of Poland.Hitler didsupporters salutenot take any notice.him at a rally.  \nOn 3 September 1939,British PrimeMinister Neville Chamberlaindeclared war on Germany.  \n# World war\n\nWar spread from Europe acrossthe world.In 1941,Germanyinvaded the Soviet Union andJapan attacked the United Statesnavy at Pearl Harbour,in Hawaii.  \nThe two sides fighting each otherBritish Prime Ministerwere known as the Allied powersNeville Chamberlain,  \nand the Axis powers.1937-1940.Winston Churchill  \ntook over from him in 1940.Great BritainFrance-ItalyKey  \nAxis powersCountries occupiedby Axis powersAllied powersNeutral countries27  \n# The armed forces\n\nIn Britain,men joined the armed forcesto fight against Hitler.They fought on land,at sea and in the air.Women withoutchildren joined up,too.  \nSoldiers,sailors and airmen wrote home.They had to be careful not to give awaysecrets,such as where they were,that couldhelp the enemy.Children wrote to their fathers.  \nDear Daddy  \nImagine your father or uncle was away fightingin the war.You have just had a birthday.Whatwould you want to tell him?What would he liketo know?Try to sound cheerful and hopeful.Draw some pictures to illustrate your letter.  \n# Evacuation\n\nThe British government thought Hitler wouldinvade Britain.They also expected bombsto be dropped on big cities.  \n## Operation Pied Piper\n\nThe government decided to move childrenfrom the cities to the countryside,away fromthe dangerous areas.This movement wascalled evacuation and its code namewas 'Operation Pied Piper'.  \nMany children stayed with strangers and somewere very homesick.Others loved the countrysideand even stayed there after the war.","cbCaiusQCg3yUOag","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiusQCg3yUOag","pdf",2613372,32,"English","# World War II\n## Invasion\n## Evacuation\n### Operation Pied Piper","[{\"question\":\"What triggered the start of World War II?\",\"answer\":\"World War II started when Adolf Hitler took his armies into Poland, prompting Britain to declare war on Germany on 3 September 1939.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the war spread beyond Europe?\",\"answer\":\"The conflict expanded worldwide, with Germany invading the Soviet Union and Japan attacking the United States at Pearl Harbour in 1941.\"},{\"question\":\"Why was evacuation carried out during the war?\",\"answer\":\"The British government expected attacks and bombings, so it moved children from cities to the countryside as evacuation, code-named 'Operation Pied Piper'.\"}]","World War II - Invasion - Evacuation | PDF",1790651955,49]