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1940 BCE
Rationating
January 1940 saw the start of rationing in Britain. The following films show rationing throughout the war and the effect it had on peoples lives. -
hitler invades poland
Hitler’s invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939 marked the beginning of WW2 in Europe. -
Blitzkrieg
1940 saw France, Holland and Belgium become overwhelmed by German “Blitzkrieg”. -
Nazis invade England
On August 13, 1940, Germany began the Battle of Britain, marked by the bombing of London and Coventry until May 1941. -
the systematic elimination of Jews in extermination camps.
On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee conference, near Berlin, decides on the "Final Solution" and programs the systematic elimination of the Jews in extermination camps. In total, some six million Jews are murdered. Homosexuals, gypsies and political prisoners also die in these camps. -
Battle of Stalingrad -
In Russia, where most of his troops fight, Hitler suffers his most painful defeat. On February 2, 1943, the Germans, surrounded in Stalingrad by the Red Army since November, surrender at the end of a battle that cost the Axis half a million men. -
Operation Overlord-
On June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 soldiers, mostly American, British and Canadian, landed on the beaches of Normandy. -
Japan capitulation -
On September 2, 1945, less than a month after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. -
Collapse of the Third Reich -
arrives in Berlin in April 1945. Nazi Germany capitulates on May 8, days after the Führer's suicide and the capture of Berlin.