Impact of WWII in Germany Flashcards
(24 cards)
when did Germany start rationing
27th of august 1939
what was the average german diet
Bread and potato
What year did the RAF start to area bomb ( bombing civilian areas instead of industrial areas )
1942
Name 2 statistics of area bombing in Germany e.g how many people were killed.
61 cities were attacked
25 million people were attacked
7.5 million made homeless
300,000 - 400,000 were killed
what caused people to become refugees in the Ruhr
area bombing caused people to be homeless and become refugees.
why did people travel eastwards from the german boarder
because they didn’t want to be in the midst of of a battle between the germans and french
how many men were in the german army
13.7 million
who did the germans employ due to labour shortages
women
how did war effect the young people in Germany
Edelweiss pirates, white rose, jazz music
who were the edelweiss pirates, name 2 facts
they were working class boys, attacked members of hitler youth, in 1942 700 were arrested and 12 publicly hanged.
who formed the white rose
the anti-nazi group was formed by brother and sister Hans and Sophie Scholl ( founded in Munich University)
what was the punishment for the leaders of the white roses?
guillotine
who were the swing movement
A group of youths who listened to Jazz Music and drank alcohol.
How did the war affect the Jews and other persecuted minorities?
There was an increase in jewish persecution
How many European Jews were exterminated.
Six Million ( total ) Three Million ( in Germany )
What happened in phase one of the final solution
As Germany took over Poland they confined 3 million polish Jews to disease infested ghettos and concentration camps where many starved, received punishments and died.
What led to the second solution
Hitler gave the order to exterminate the 11 million jews in Europe and this led onto the second phase.
What happened in the second solution
mass killings: a special SS unit was called the Einsatzgruppen and which followed behind the german army when they invaded Russia and executed any jew that were in the Russian army.
what was the disadvantage of the second solution that led onto the third and final solution.
despite killing over 500,000 jews The second solution was very expensive and time costly
The final solution
Reinhard Heydrich made an agreement that jews that were fit enough would move to Poland and work to death while the rest would be executed in extermination camps.
the out come of the final solution
Six Million jews were murdered
88% of polish jews were killed
Where was there likely to be an increase in opposition during WW2
from the army and the churches.
What was the first effort of removing hitler from leadership from within the army.
The first effort was in October 1939 by Admiral Canaris
Hitler ordered the invasion of France but fearing that it would be suicide he got together and convinced the men to get hitler out of power but however, when a harsh winter postponed the plan, support for the idea dissolved.
What was the second effort to remove hitler from leadership from within the army.
In July 1944, a group of army officers tried to assassinate Hitler. A bomb was planted by Colonel Stauffenberg at a meeting attended by the Fuhrer. It exploded, but Hitler survived!
