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1、World War IIWorld War II (often abbreviated as WWII), was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the worlds nationsincluding all of the great powerseventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis Britain played a very important role in WW II.Some i
2、mportant events of Britain during World War II1. Germany attacked the Poland ,the beginning of World War II 2. The new leader of Britain - Winston Churchill 3. German invasion of France 4. Blitz 5. The end of World War II in EuropeEngland in the beginning of war In March 1939, Britain announced that
3、 it would support Poland if Germany invaded it. Germany invaded anyway. (In secret, Hitler and Stalin had signed an agreement dividing up Poland between the two powers ） On September 1,1939, German began to invade Poland.Germany attacked the PolandReason: 1.Adolf Hitler wanted more land, especially
4、in the east, to expand Germany according to the Nazi policy of lebensraum leibnz,rum 德 生存空间Results:Poland was occupied by Germany and Soviet Union.On September 3, 1939, Britain declared war on Germany. This marks the beginning of World War II in Europe .The new leader In May 1940, Britain got a more
5、 aggressive war- time leader - Winston Churchill replaced Chamberlain as Prime Minister. During the war, Churchill held a number of meetings with other wartime leaders to seek the methods to defeat Facist.German invasion of FranceGerman occupied the small countries in Europe. And then Germany attack
6、ed France on May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and surround the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium. Belgium beldm Ardennes a:denz n. 阿登高地 In
7、the second operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), executed from 5 June, German forces outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France.outflank ,autflk vt. 迂回 Maginot minu 马其诺The campaign was a spectacular victory for the Axis Powers.Battle of Dunkirk The Battle of Dunkirk was a battle in the Second
8、 World War between the Allies and Germany.Map of the battleProcess The Battle of Dunkirk lasted from the May 26, 1940until the June 4, 1940. The Allied forces were split in two by a German armored advance to the Channel coast at Calais. The northern part of the army retreated to Dunkirk, France, a p
9、ort on the English Channel. Calais klei n. 加来 Dunkirk dnk:k n. 敦刻尔克From May 26 to June 4,Britain used all kinds of naval vessels, ships and boats took the army back to England. The last of the British Army left on June 3. However, Churchill insisted on coming back for the French, so the Royal Navy r
10、eturned on June 4 in an attempt to rescue as many as possible of the French rearguard. Aftermath The loss of materiel on the beaches was huge. The British Army left a lot of weapons in France . Although the events at Dunkirk gave a great boost to British morale, they also left the remaining French t
11、o stand alone against a renewed German assault southward. German troops entered Paris on June 14 and accepted the French surrender on June 22 . Belgian beldn n. 比利时人 About 340,000 privates retreated to Britain. They were Englishmen, Frenchmen and Belgian. They did a lot contribution to the victory o
12、f Allied. Blitz The Blitz (from German, “lightning“) was the sustained strategic bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between September 7 ,1940 and May 10, 1941. The city of London was bombed by the Luftwaffe for 76 consecutive nights and many towns and cities across the country followed Luftwaffe luf
13、t,v:f n. （二战时期的）纳粹德国空军Protecting measuresThe most important communal shelters were those in the stations of the London Underground.Many families regularly sheltered in the Tube, others went only in periods of heavy bombing.Other important military and industrial centres such as Birmingham, Liverpool
14、, and Manchester, also suffered heavy air attacks and high numbers of casualties. Birmingham and Coventry were heavily targeted due to the Spitfire and tank factories in Birmingham and the many munitions factories in Coventry; the city centre of Coventry was almost destroyed. More than one million L
15、ondon houses were destroyed or damaged, and more than 40,000 civilians were killed, half of them in London. The Losses of BritainGerman LossesAbout 2,260 aircraft lost over the British Isles. Total losses could be high as 600 bombers， more than 3,300 Luftwaffe airmen were killed.The bombing did not
16、achieve its intended goals of demoralising the British into surrender or significantly damaging their war economy. The significance of Blitz Because Nazi German used the main Air Force to attack the Britain. When German began to invade Soviet Union, Nazi couldnt make the most use of Air Force to attack soviet Un
