• Defeat of France
• Battle of Britain, Soviet campaign

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Question to ponder

1. What problems (similar to Napoleon's) did Hitler face in Soviet Russia?

• Outbreak of World War II 1939
• Occupation of Poland; Dunkirk Retreat

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Questions to ponder

1. Why was Poland easily defeated?
2. What was important about the Dunkirk Retrreat 1940?

• Bits and memories of the Second World War

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Question to ponder

1. What was to be remembered of this war?

• Atomic bombs
• Japanese surrender to the Allies

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Questions to ponder

1. Give reasons to explain the Japanese surrender (with clues from the video)?
2. Why was the surrender signed on the ship?

• Japanese expansion in Asia
• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

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Question to ponder

1. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbour base? Was it a "good" move?

• Retreat from Africa and Soviet Russia
• D Day; Allies approaching Germany

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Questions to ponder

1. How did German power decline?
2. Who were the 3 persons at the end of the video? Important persons?