Teach SQA Nat 5 World War II, 1939–45, no prep needed!
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Part 9: World War II, 1939–45
A study of Germany’s territorial expansion in World War II and the impact of German occupation on people’s lives in occupied Europe, and of the Pacific Theatre and the involvement of the USA through to the Allied victories in Europe and Japan, illustrating the themes of ideology, conflict and conquest.
Key issues and description of content
German territorial expansion 1939–43
- Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939. Invasion of Poland. The strategy of Blitzkrieg; invasions of Norway and Denmark; invasions of Belgium; Holland and France. Dunkirk. Operation Sealion and the Battle of Britain. Operation Barbarossa and the advance on Russia up to Stalingrad; the battle for Moscow; the siege of Leningrad.
War with Japan, 1941–45
- Pearl Harbour. The Battle of Singapore.American attacks on Japan: Doolittle raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of Midway. Experience of prisoners of war of the Japanese.
Life in occupied Europe
- Nature of Nazi control; life for ordinary citizens; forced labour; treatment of Jews and other minorities; concentration camps; death camps. Resistance in occupied territories; collaboration in occupied territories.
Allied victories in Europe and Japan, 1944–45
- Normandy landings. Operation Market Garden. The Soviet offensive and the advance on Berlin. Iwo Jima; Hiroshima; Nagasaki and Japanese surrender.
References for Part 9: World War II, 1939–45
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