KQ6 key dates and statistics Flashcards
(25 cards)
Rationing system introduced
August 1939
Clothes included in the rationing due to panic buying
November 1939
Examples of rationing allowance for meat, sugar, butter, cheese, margarine and eggs
Meat-500g
Butter-125g
Sugar-250g
Cheese-62.5g
Margarine-100g
Eggs-1 egg
Invasion of the Soviet Union, cutting some rations - one example
June 1941
Meat- 500g to 400g
Phase 1 - Blitzkrieg
Sept 1939 - June 1941
Between Jan 1940 and June 1941, how many speeches did Hitler make?
9
Phase 2 - The spreading of war
June - Dec 1941
Red Army counter- attack
Dec 1941
Declared war on USA
Dec 1941
Phases 3 - Turning of the tide
Jan 1941 - Jan 1943
Phase 4 - “Total War” and defeat of Germany
Feb 1943 - May 1945
Major bombing raid of Lubeck
End of March 1942
Between March and July 1943, how many German cities were attacked
43
Between 25th July - 3rd August 1943 how many times was Hamburg bombed?
7
In January 1945 how many Germans fled their homes
3.5 million
On marches evacuating Germans, how many died?
500,000-1 million
When evacuation marches reached West Germany, what fraction of the population were homeless?
1/4
Decree fir the Conversion of the Whole German Economy onto a War Footing
3rd September 1939
Wage levels restored to pre-war levels
March 1939
Total ban on holidays
Aug 1944
What was the working week increased to in Aug 1944, what was it in 1939?
60
48
Women in the workforce increase from 1939 to May 1944 %, compared to Britain
37.4% to 51%
26.4% to 37.9%
How many women were in industry in June 1940?
250,000
Goering’s decree that all women workers with a family allowance and given up paid employment should be forced to register for work or lose their allowance
June 1941
