Wars and Life in other countries Flashcards
(18 cards)
Who Started WW1?
Gavrilo Princip
Which country was Sudetenland in before the German Invasion?
Czechoslovakia
What were the Nazi Stormtroopers nickname?
Brownshirts
When did WW1 officially start
28th July 1914
Which country did German opted to go through in both wars?
Belgium
What was the biggest armed force battle in history
Battle of Kursk
Name some recruitment methods during WW1
Propoganda, Conscription, P.A.L.S Battalions.
What was life like in the trenches?
Toilets were overflowed, trench foot was common, lice and rats were everywhere.
How did life change at the home front.
Drastic change in workforce, psychological issues like shell shock and paranoia & rationing
What was the Nazi ‘Final Solution’?
A plan made by Nazi Germany to kill all jews.
Describe how women helped during the First World War.
They made bullets for guns and artillery, looked over farms & were nurses in the battlefield.
Explain why conscription was introduced during WWI.
Not many people were signing up, so conscription was introduced in order to increase numbers.
Explain how Hitler was able to rise to power in Germany.
Many people disliked the government and agreed with Hitlers ideas, as after the war Jews were seen as scapegoats
Explain the impact of atomic bombs on the end of WWII.
Mutated DNA spread around the South of Japan. Many died of mystery illnesses
Explain why the Battle of Britain was a turning point.
Battle of Britain messed up Germany’s tempo and morale. They didn’t attack with much power after that.
Why did WW1 start?
A Serbian killed the Archduke of Austria Hungary, after AH invaded Bosnia, Serbia’s closest ally. AH saw that as hostility so they declared war on Serbia. Serbia was in a pact with Russia, so Russia declared war on AH. This started a chain of countries declaring war on each other.
Where did the Jews were sent
Concentration and Death camps
Where did the Jews live?
Ghettos and specific areas
