History / Year 10 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding / World War II / World War II (1939-45)
Content description
An overview of the causes and course of World War II
Elaborations
- outlining the contributing factors of World War II (for example the outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations; the rise of Hitler and Japan’s imperial ambitions)
- identifying key events in the European theatre of war (for example Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939; the Holocaust from 1942–45; the Russians reaching Berlin in 1945
- identifying key events in the Asia-Pacific theatre of war (for example the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941; the fall of Singapore in 1942; the American victory at the Battle of Midway in 1942)
Cross-curriculum priorities
