When was the Postdam Conference held?
July 17th- August 2nd 1945
July 17th- July 21st 1946
December 4th- December 18th 1945
The atomic bomb to blow up Hiroshima was shipped from San Antonio to Tinian Island.
On the 4th of August 1st of August 31st of July( 4th of August, 1st of August, 31st of July ) there was a meeting to discuss when the bomb would be dropped. On the 2nd of August 21st of August 5th of August( 2nd of August, 21st of August, 5th of August ) a plane R43 V29 car( plane, R43, V29, car ) crashed, but it was also the day they loaded the bomb onto the plane.
changed the plan last minute out of fear that if the plane crashed it would blow up the island.
The plane that dropped the bomb was called the Enola Gay Kate Jeffers Japanese Attacker Sue Swift( Enola Gay, Kate Jeffers, Japanese Attacker, Sue Swift ) after Tibbit's mother.
America had several reasons for dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, what were they?
Bring the war with Japan to an end.
Japan refused to surrender.
They invented it and wanted to try it out.
To stop Japan invading America.
To punish them for bombing Pearl Harbour
There were three planes flying to Hiroshima.
hours into the hour flight the three planes met up. One plane had already been over Hiroshima to check the to report back to the .
45 60 10 35( 45, 60, 10, 35 ) seconds after the bomb was released it exploded. 5 1 2( 5, 1, 2 ) seconds before the atoms started to split ready to explode.
The control recording weather( control, recording, weather ) plane had already caused everyone to be sent into shelters, but 45 20 50( 45, 20, 50 ) minutes after they were given the all clear and carried on with their day. The bomb exploded at 9:35 7:55 8:15( 9:35, 7:55, 8:15 ) am on the 7th 6th 5th( 7th, 6th, 5th ) of August 1945.
The bomb released a 300 meter wide fireball.
The temperature under the fireball reached 2000 degrees centigrade.
The fireball was the first thing to happen. Then a . The third thing that happened was a . A flash happened after the and sent out radiation and gamma rays. Fires then started breaking out.
The Home Guard was advertised for men between the ages of 41 and 45.
A total of 67,800 1,175,000 1,905,000( 67,800, 1,175,000, 1,905,000 ) volunteered themselves for the Home Guard.
The Home Guard were also known as:
Dad's Army and Local Defence Volunteers
Grandad's Army and Home efforts
Which of these were reasons people thought the Home Guard were useful?
Took prisoners away
Made life easier for the army
No one from the army was needed as the Home Guard handled it all.
Protected the coasts in case of invasion.
Which of these were reasons that people thought the Home Guard were useless:
leaders were stupid
too slow
lazy, cowardly and childish
couldn't use a gun
shot other members
asked silly questions
weren't resilient
weren't very clever and didn't know what they were doing
Which of these were jobs for the Home Guard?
protectors from invasion
make sure war time laws were kept to
relieve the army from regular tasks
patrol the parks
patrol the streets at night
guard bridges
guard railway tunnels
guard bakeries
prepare defences in the area
guard enemy pilots and look out for German soldiers
Which of these people volunteered themselves to the Home Guard?
Ministers
Doctors
Teachers
Shop and store owners
Labourers and undertakers
Farmers
Builders
Lawyers
Midwives
During the Coventry Blitz there were 400 50 135 780( 400, 50, 135, 780 ) German Bombers in the sky, none of which were shot down.
The Coventry Blitz happened on the 16th November 1940.
Children sent to their parents from the countryside.
Scarletina was a killer disease.
Children were evacuated from the cities the countryside other countries( the cities, the countryside, other countries ) to the countryside capital cities( countryside, capital, cities ), in total 1,474,000 7,307,000 789,000( 1,474,000, 7,307,000, 789,000 ) people were evacuated.
Which of these people were evacuated?
Pregnant women
School children
Blind and disabled
Over 70s
❌ school children were evacuated. ❌ blind and disabled people were evacuated. ❌ teachers and 13,000 ❌ were evacuated. ❌ mothers and children under ❌ were evacuated. ❌ were evacuated from London. In total that's ❌ people.
71,484 people were evacuated to Lancashire.
