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World War II World War II (often abbreviated as WWII), was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the worlds nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis Britain played a very important role in WW II. Some important events of Britain during World War II Germany attacked the Poland ,the beginning of World War II The new leader of Britain -- Winston Churchill German invasion of France Blitz The end of World War II in Europe England in the beginning of war In March 1939, Britain announced that it would support Poland if Germany invaded it. Germany invaded anyway. (In secret, Hitler and Stalin had signed an agreement dividing up Poland between the two powers ） On September 1,1939, German began to invade Poland. Germany attacked the Poland Reason: 1.Adolf Hitler wanted more land, especially in the east, to expand Germany according to the Nazi policy of lebensraum [‘leib?nz,r?um] 德 生存空间 Results: Poland was occupied by Germany and Soviet Union. On September 3, 1939, Britain declared war on Germany. This marks the beginning of World War II in Europe . The new leader In May 1940, Britain got a more aggressive war-time leader -- Winston Churchill replaced Chamberlain as Prime Minister. During the war, Churchill held a number of meetings with other wartime leaders to seek the methods to defeat Facist. German invasion of France German occupied the small countries in Europe. And then Germany attacked France on May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and surround the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium. Belgium [beld??m] Ardennes [a:denz] n. 阿登高地 In the second operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), executed from 5 June, German forces outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France. outflank [,aut‘fl??k] vt. 迂回 Magin