Germany - ww2

Question 1

what is the pneumonic for the impact of WW2

Answer 1

Rationing
Area bombing
Refugees
Employment

Question 2

how was rationing affecting germany

Answer 2

rationing of food introduced 27 august 1939, points syste, for clothing introduced october 1939
autarky and rearmament = expensive goods
monotonous diets
meat shortages
food entitlements depends on importance of individuals to war effort
jews food entitlement less than aryans

Question 3

how was area bombing affecting germany

Answer 3

1942, RAF commander starts ‘area bombing’ targeting large industrial cities with incendiary bombs, not distinguising miltary and civilian
30 may 1942, first british thousand bomber raid

Question 4

how much damage was done in area bombing

Answer 4

61 german cities combined population of 25 million attacked
3.6 million homes destroyed
7.5 million made homeless
300,000-400,000 killed im raids
800,000 wounded

Question 5

how were refugees affecting germany

Answer 5

intensive area bombing created thousands of refugees from the ruhr
during advance of soviets through poland many flee west to avoid russian soliders

Question 6

how did WW2 begin

Answer 6

german occupation of poland

Question 7

how did germany prepare when germany invaded USSR

Answer 7

goebbels begins propaganda campaign to boost morale - cinemas allowed to stay open
prepare for total war, concentration camps begin forced labour

Question 8

what was volksgemeinschaft

Answer 8

nazis vision of a perfect society
- family orientated
- all men work and contribute to society
- no class divisions

Question 9

what was the opposition from within the army in october 1939

Answer 9

admiral canaris head of counter intelligence attempted to gain support for a coup fearing a repeat of the schifflen plan
dissolved when the harsh winter came

Question 10

what was the july bomb plot

Answer 10

july 1944, army officers try to assassinate hitler using a bomb
planted by colonel stauffenberg
stauffenberg shot same day, 5,000 others executed

Question 11

what was phase one leading to the final solution

Answer 11

polish ghettos

Question 12

when was the final solution supposedly given

Answer 12

1941

Question 13

what was phase 2 of the final solution

Answer 13

mass killings
german invasion of ussr, einsatzgruppen follow behind german army
task was to round up jews/communist/russians and execute

Question 14

what were the victims of phase 2 made to do

Answer 14

dig mass graves

Question 15

what was the total number of victims from einsatzgruppen

Answer 15

1.2 million

Question 16

what was phase 3 of the final solution

Answer 16

extermination camps