Day 4 - Another World War (1939-1945)
Activity 1 - An Eventful Experience
Choose two key events and find out some more information about what happened on those days. On your blog, write a short summary of two events, including the names of people involved and where the event happened.
Event 1
I chose 3 September: Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany.
I found on the 3rd of September, in 1939, in reaction to Hitler's invasion of Poland, France and Britain, declare war on Germany.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told Germany they had until a certain time to leave Poland or they would declare war. Germany did not listen so Britain declared war. Acting Prime Minister for New Zealand, Peter Fraser announced that New Zealand was at war with Germany at about the same time as Britain. This was the Second World War.
Event 2
I chose 7 April: Italy invades Albania. I found that the Italian area of Albania (April 7–12, 1939) was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Albania was rapidly overrun, its ruler, King Zog I, forced into exile, and the country made part of the Italian Empire as unconnected kingdom in personal union with the Italian crown.
Activity 2 - A Call to cArms
Click on this link to find a list of VC winners. Choose one from the Second World War, and read about him. On your blog tell us about him. Who was he? What did he do to earn a Victoria Cross medal?
From the second World War, I chose John Hinton. He was a New Zealand soldier, he earned the Victoria Cross because he had the highest award for courageous behaviour even in battle in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for his actions at Kalamata on 29 April 1941 during the Battle of Greece.
Bonus Activity - Woman at Work
For this activity, you are going to imagine that you are just like Dorothy and that you are working as a nurse on a large medical ship.
Complete the story provided above. To earn full points you must write, at least, 8-10 sentences. What happens next?
One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you quickly open the door to see what you can do to help the patients. “What was that bang?” they ask you nervously.“What are we going to do, nurse?”. “We are goi---” BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! Another 3 loud bangs shake the ship I bandage the patients wounds and check to see if the doctor is ok. I felt like the Bang was like a bomb exploding. I heard another BANG!!!. The only thing that I could smell was smoke and the smell of the smoke smelled really really bad. The ship was shaking so hard that some of the water and the fish came on the ship, then somehow the ship stopped shaking and then all the water and fishes went back to the sea.
Activity 1 - An Eventful Experience
Choose two key events and find out some more information about what happened on those days. On your blog, write a short summary of two events, including the names of people involved and where the event happened.
Event 1
I chose 3 September: Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany.
I found on the 3rd of September, in 1939, in reaction to Hitler's invasion of Poland, France and Britain, declare war on Germany.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told Germany they had until a certain time to leave Poland or they would declare war. Germany did not listen so Britain declared war. Acting Prime Minister for New Zealand, Peter Fraser announced that New Zealand was at war with Germany at about the same time as Britain. This was the Second World War.
Event 2
I chose 7 April: Italy invades Albania. I found that the Italian area of Albania (April 7–12, 1939) was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Albania was rapidly overrun, its ruler, King Zog I, forced into exile, and the country made part of the Italian Empire as unconnected kingdom in personal union with the Italian crown.
Activity 2 - A Call to cArms
Click on this link to find a list of VC winners. Choose one from the Second World War, and read about him. On your blog tell us about him. Who was he? What did he do to earn a Victoria Cross medal?
From the second World War, I chose John Hinton. He was a New Zealand soldier, he earned the Victoria Cross because he had the highest award for courageous behaviour even in battle in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for his actions at Kalamata on 29 April 1941 during the Battle of Greece.
Bonus Activity - Woman at Work
For this activity, you are going to imagine that you are just like Dorothy and that you are working as a nurse on a large medical ship.
Complete the story provided above. To earn full points you must write, at least, 8-10 sentences. What happens next?
One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you quickly open the door to see what you can do to help the patients. “What was that bang?” they ask you nervously.“What are we going to do, nurse?”. “We are goi---” BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!! Another 3 loud bangs shake the ship I bandage the patients wounds and check to see if the doctor is ok. I felt like the Bang was like a bomb exploding. I heard another BANG!!!. The only thing that I could smell was smoke and the smell of the smoke smelled really really bad. The ship was shaking so hard that some of the water and the fish came on the ship, then somehow the ship stopped shaking and then all the water and fishes went back to the sea.
