WW2

Question 1

When did the Great Depression happen?

Answer 1

1929 until the late 1930s.

Question 2

The Holocaust

Answer 2

The Holocaust was the systematic murder of six million European Jews and six million other persecuted persons from 1933 to 1945 by Nazi Germany and allies.

Question 3

How did Hitler rise to power?

Answer 3

Economic and political crisises led to more vunerable governments; democracy in Germany was already weak. He became chancellor in 1933.

Question 4

When/why did the USA enter WW2?

Answer 4

On December 7, 1941 Japan, aligned with the Centeral Powers, bombed a naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii killing 2,400 people. America declared war on Japan on December 8th.

Question 5

What was the goal of Pearl Harbor?

Answer 5

Japan wanted to weaken the USA’s navy; they planned to forcibly take oil supplies; they chose a less intense attack hoping the US would respond by negotiating peace.

Question 6

What was the first act of WW2?

Answer 6

Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939.

Question 7

The Phony War

Answer 7

After Germany’s invasion of Poland, Britain, and France declared war against Germany but took no action. From September 1939 to May 1940.

Question 8

Axis Powers

Answer 8

Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Question 9

The Allies

Answer 9

Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and the United States.

Question 10

The ‘Final Solution’

Answer 10

Last stage of the holocaust, 1941 to 1945; when the majority of Jewish victims were killed. SS and police units began massive killing operations: introducing shooting operations, mobile gas vans, and eventually killing centers. The “Final Solution” called for the murder of all European Jews.

Question 11

Operation Overlord

Battle of Normandy (D-Day)

Answer 11

Launched June 6, 1944, the Allies successful liberation of Western Europe. The Allies invaded Normandy France by air and sea after using military deception.

Question 12

Battle of Berlin

Answer 12

Staring April 1945, three Soviet fronts attacked Berlin and the Red Army gradually took the city. Hitler commited on April 30th and in May, German’s surrendered.

Question 13

Hiroshima

Answer 13

August 1945, the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Japan surrendered.

Question 14

When did WW2 start?

Answer 14

1939.

Question 15

When did WW2 end?

Answer 15

1945.

Question 16

Winston Churchill

Answer 16

Elected British prime ministor in 1940. Rallied British people and led them to victory against the Central Powers.