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13-16 years
45 minutes
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Yalta Conference, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
U.S. Government Photographer.
Public domain: Wikipedia
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Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945
Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden - Naval Historical Center Photo # SC 213700. Public domain: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, 23 August 1939
Public domain: Wikipedia
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Soviet invasion of Poland, 1939
Public domain: Wikipedia
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Field Marchall Keitel signs German surrender terms, Berlin, 8 May 1945
U.S. Army Lt. Moore National Archives and Records Administration. Picture# 111-SC-206292, archives.gov. Public domain: Wikipedia
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Expulsion of Poles from Wielkopolska, 1939-1940
Bundesarchiv, R 49 Bild-0138 / Holtfreter, Wilhelm / CC-BY-SA 3.0. Public domain: Wikipedia
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Soviet assault gun in liberated Minsk, 1944
Photo: Ministry of Defence of Russia, mil. ru, CC BY 4.0. Public domain: Wikipedia
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Raising of the Red Banner over the Reichstag, 1945
Photo: Yevgeni Khaldei, mil.ru, CC BY 4.0 Public domain: Wikipedia
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Soviet soldiers with liberated prisoners at the gate of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Public domain: Wikipedia
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German soldiers crossing the Soviet border, 22 June 1941
Public domain: Wikipedia
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German battleship Schleswig-Holstein fires on Westerplatte, 1 September 1939
Public domain: Wikipedia
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Potsdam conference, 25 July 1945, Germany
Public domain: Wikipedia
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Britain declares war on Germany, 3 September Bombing of Warsaw, 1939 1939 – British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain after announcing the state of war
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training is allowed: Imperial War Museum HU 5538
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Bombing of Warsaw, 1939
Bundesarchiv, Bild 141-0763 / CC-BY-SA 3.0: Wikipedia
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Bombarded Minsk, 1941
Bundesarchiv, Bild 141-2020 / CC-BY-SA 3.0: Wikipedia
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Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-1943
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R74190 / CC-BY-SA 3.0: Wikipedia
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Soviet anti-aircraft defence in Moscow, 1941
RIA Novosti archive, image #887721 / Knorring / CC-BY-SA 3.0: Wikipedia
Other Lesson Materials
Children in World War II
Remembrance and memorialisation of World War II in different countries
Young people and forced labour during World War II
Border changes resulting from World War II
Consequences of World War II
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