Recognising key change
Learning Outcome 3.4: Discuss the general causes and course of World War One or World War Two and the immediate and long-term impact of the war on people and nations

background

enrs - The Causes and Circumstances of the Outbreak of the Second World War

history extra - Did the Versailles peace treaty trigger another world war?

independent - Treaty of Versailles at 100: Path to peace or road to war?

bbc bitesize - hitler's foreign policy
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HISTORY EXTRA - ​The Munich crisis: The battle over appeasement
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spartacus educational - the munich agreement

Introduction
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history pod - 1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland


history extra - The brutal blitzkrieg: the 1939 invasion of Poland

Overview
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history bombs - History of World War 2 (in One Take) 


​CRASH COURSE HISTORY - WORLD WAR II


​BBC iWonder - World War Two: History's most savage and devastating war
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HIstory extra - second world war: a timeline


​John D. Ruddy -

​World War II in 7 minutes


10 more things about ww2


​bbc history - world war ii


william mcsweeney - world war two

Battles
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History Extra - The 11 most significant battles of of the Second World War
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Eyewitness to History - Evacuation of Dunkirk 
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history extra - 9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Dunkirk


jaysways - dunkirk i animated history


​history extra -

​D-Day: 24 hours that changed the world

​Your guide to D-Day: what happened, how many casualties were there, and what did it accomplish?
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history extra - The battle for Iwo Jima: why did it happen and why was it so hard fought?
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national geographic - The Soviet victory in the Battle of Berlin finished Nazi Germany

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
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the atomic bomb

​HISTORY POD - 6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima


the telegraph - Archive footage of Hiroshima bombing


​bbc studios - Hiroshima: Dropping The Bomb 


flocabulary - Rap Video - Would you drop the bomb?

impact of wwii
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neil halloran - the fallen of world war ii


bbc news - Dresden: The World War Two bombing 75 years on

More Resources


National Archives UK - Killing Hitler
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history extra - 12 things you need to know about Anne Frank and her diary


​history extra -

​second world war quiz
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WW2: When Britain stood (not quite) alone


​Forgotten trials: the other side of Nuremberg

FOCUS TASK
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In your opinion, what was the most significant event of World War Two? Give reasons for your choice. 

REVISION
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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britannica - quiz - the second world war: fact or fiction?
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britannica - quiz - WWII: allies, axis or associates?
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past exam questions
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2023: question 5