Road To WWII

Question 1

Major causes of WWII

Answer 1

1. Mistreatment of Germany under the Versailles treaty

2. The Great Depression leads to the rise of dictators in Europe!

Question 2

This brought a rise of four extreme forms of government: why?

Answer 2

*people are desperate

1. Communism: Russia/soviet union - 1917
2. Fascism: Italy/Spain
3. Nazism: Germany
4. Militarism: japan

Question 3

Shared ideology/beliefs of these 4 forms of government

Answer 3

1. Demanded fanatic loyalty to leaders/country
2. Totalitarian states where the police/gov. Control everything (people had no rights)
3. Racism: superiority of their race

Question 4

How does Adolf Hitler come to power?

Answer 4

1. He promises to get the German people out of the depression (prosperity)
2. He promises revenge for German mistreatment in the Versailles treaty

Question 5

Weimar Republic

Answer 5

German • democratic government set up after WWI - collapses!

Question 6

undesirable groups

Answer 6

• polish/Russian - Slavs 
• Roma (gypsies)
• Jehovah witness
• Gay boys
• Handicapped
• Blacks
• Jews - anti-semitism Jewish hatred
Hitler also considered americans to be “mongrels” - impure mixed breed!

Question 7

• Mein kampf - hitler book

Answer 7

“MY struggle” = aryan people/pure Germans

Question 8

• hitler wanted to cleanse the German people from the “undesirables” of the world (inferior people)
• Hitler called them

Answer 8

“untermensch” means sub human

Question 9

Set up a police state: 2 groups

Answer 9

1. Gestapo: German secret police

2. Black shirts (SS) - becomes hitlers personal army - EVIL!

Question 10

1933 - Nuremberg laws

Answer 10

anti Jewish laws in Germany

• segregated and labeled with a Star of David

Question 11

Kristallnacht “night of broken glass”- 1938

Answer 11

A pogrom (organized massacre) against the German Jewish community in Germany

Question 12

Many German Jews tried to immigrate to other countries but most were not let in!
WHY?

Answer 12

the Great Depression!

Question 13

• the military government is headed by militarist named _______________ takes over

Answer 13

hideki tojo

Question 14

• Thhe Japanese emperor __________ becomes a puppet

Answer 14

Hirohito

Question 15

Pan-Asianism:

Answer 15

unite Asia under japan and destroy Europe!

Question 16

• 1930s china in the middle of a civil war

Answer 16

Nationalists vs communists

Question 17

1936 - Rhineland

Answer 17

(occupies) demilitarized zone/buffer between France and Germany

Question 18

Italys goal is to

Answer 18

restore the Roman Empire and create an African empire!

Question 19

Germanys goal is to

Answer 19

create a European empire

Question 20

Anschluss

Answer 20

unification of Germany

Question 21

Problem: the League of Nations (peace keeping organizations) does nothing to stop the aggression of japan, Italy and Germany! Why?

Answer 21

FEAR OF WAR

Question 22

Munic pact: 1938

Answer 22

Neville chamberlain - prime minister of Great Britain - Appeasement policy: gives in to hitlers demand to avoid war!

Question 23

Germans used a style of warfare known as blitzkrieg

Answer 23

“lightning warfare” (fast and furious) to conquer France/Europe

Question 24

*WWII officially begins when

Answer 24

Germany invades the country of Poland 1939

Question 25

Molotov Ribbentrop Pact

Answer 25

German-soviet non-aggression pact - alliance between them!

Question 26

1939, hitler threatens to take Poland. The French and British think he’s bluffing! Why?

Answer 26

Germany would have another 2 front war, France and the Soviet Union. Not make this mistake again!

Question 27

Miracle at Dunkirk

Answer 27

* amphibious operation that miraculously rescued the british and French armies! * French government in exile led by Charles de Gaulle

Question 28

Operation Sea Lion

Answer 28

code name - 1940: Battle of Britain - august 1940 | • hitlers plan to invade and conquer Britain!

Question 29

• Must control sky first! (German Airforce called

Answer 29

luftwaffe) bombers to attack Britain day and night

Question 30

• Targets were communication centers and airfields to destroy the RAF

Answer 30

BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE

Question 31

But the british refused to give in | • led by the new prime minister - Winston Churchill - gave his famous speech

Answer 31

We shall never surrender

Question 32

Hitler changed his targets to attack civilian populations ((cities) - huge mistake! Why?

Answer 32

• gave british RAF time to recover!

Question 33

The Blitz

Answer 33

London attacked for 57 consecutive days/nights | Purpose was to destroy thhe peoples will to fight

Question 34

New british invention turns the tide of the battle

Answer 34

Radar

Question 35

Results of the Battle of Britain

Answer 35

early turning point in the war, Britain wins! • first time hitler ever lost • People of Europe realize that hitler is not unbeatable

Question 36

Battle of the Atlantic: “lifeline of Great Britain”

Answer 36

between USA and Great Britain | • the Atlantic Ocean was vital for Great Britain survival (supplies and equipment)