Unit 7.7 - Conducting WWII

Question 1

To mobilize the population, governments made calls to _____ _____

Answer 1

intense nationalism

Question 2

Blitzkrieg and its significance to WWII

Answer 2

Lightning war; it was very successful which encouraged Hitler to keep going and invade more and more nations

Question 3

How the U.S. attempted to indirectly help the Allies

Answer 3

Starting out with the Destroyer for Bases Agreement (50 US destroyers for 8 British air/naval bases), the U.S. then completely helped in the Lend-Lease Act where the U.S. lent war materials to the British.

Question 4

Atlantic Charter

Answer 4

Policies with the goals for a post-war world by the U.S. and British, including the restoration of self-government for those without it, abolishing the use of force, and disarming aggressive nations

Question 5

Luftwaffe

Answer 5

German air force

Question 6

Lebensraum

Answer 6

Land for settlement and development (what Hitler was after expanding his “Third Reiche” aka empire”

Question 7

How Indian colonial troops contributed to the war efforts for England

Answer 7

They were the largest volunteer army in history and contributed through sending troops to fight in North Africa and the Japanese in SE Asia

Question 8

Ways (3) the U.S. mobilized civilians to help aid in the war effort

Answer 8

They utilized government planning to provide needed factories, ramped up production of war materials in them, and replaced men enlisted in the war with women in their jobs

Question 9

What makes a war a total war?

Answer 9

The mobilization and use of an entire country; putting all of one’s countries resources, including their domestic home front, into winning a war. This includes the use of patriotism, propaganda, war technology, and mobilizing the home front

Question 10

Mobilization in Germany

Answer 10

They used forced labor camps however people there weren’t treated well and so production was slow

Question 11

Mobilization in Japan

Answer 11

Mainly prided themselves in not using women in factories, were more-so optimistic than mobilizing but were successful in food rationing and saving children when bombings started

Question 12

Technology critical to the Allies’ success in the Pacific War

Answer 12

Aircraft Carriers allowed planes to land and take off from their decks, allowing for air support in naval battles which increased their flexibility, range, and ability to gather information

Question 13

New strategy used in the Pacific War

Answer 13

Island Hopping; the Allies attacked weak Japanese islands and skipped heavily fortified ones

Question 14

New technology used to end the war with Japan

Answer 14

Atomic bombs

Question 15

Consequences (3) of WWII

Answer 15

Deaths of 75 million people, changed how people thought about racism, colonial empires, and international relations, and provided context for the Cold War

Question 16

One similarity and one difference between how governments fought WWI and WWII

Answer 16

A similarity was the use of mobilization of home fronts/use of total warfare by directing their entire country towards winning the war while a change was the technology used to win the war such as tactics like blitzkrieg and deadly weapons like atomic bombs