WWII

Question 1

What countries were part of the axis powers and who were their leaders?

Answer 1

1. Nazi Germany: Adolph Hitler
2. Fascist Italy: Benito Mussolini
3. Imperial Japan: Emperor Hirohito

Question 2

What pact did the Axis Powers sign to band together? When and where?

Answer 2

• Tripartite Pact
• Berlin, Germany
• September 27, 1940

Question 2

What countries were part of the Allies and who were their leaders?

Answer 2

1. Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin
2. US: Franklin D Roosevelt
3. UK: Winston Churchill
4. Republic of China: Charles DeGaulle

Question 3

What was Mein Kampf?

Answer 3

• a biography and a vehicle for Hitler’s radical philosophies
• sold about 240,000 copies between 1925-1934

Question 4

What was the Nazi Party formerly known as?

Answer 4

The German Workers Party

Question 5

When was the Nazi Party established?

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

What was the appeasement policy between Britain and Germany?

Answer 6

• British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain allowed Germany to maintain its position along the Rhine in order to avoid War
• Hitler adopted a policy of expansionism

Question 7

What was the Weimar Constitution?

Answer 7

• it officially ended the German Revolution
• it established a Democratic Federal Republic with a president and a parliament

Question 8

What is Beer Hall Putsch and what year did it happen?

Answer 8

• 1923
• Hitler’s unsuccessful attempt to start a violent rebellion in Germany against the Weimar Republic

Question 9

What was the Enabling Act of 1933?

Answer 9

• it was drafted by Parliament and signed by Hindenburg
• Gave Hitler’s cabinet full legislative power to enact laws without consent of the Parliament
• then Hindenburg died in 1934 and Hitler declared himself Fuhrer

Question 10

What is blitzkrieg?

Answer 10

a lighting fast war: fast moving tanks and powerful aircraft

Question 11

When was Battle of Normandy?

Answer 11

June 6 to June 30, 1944

Question 12

What happened at Battle of Normandy?

Answer 12

• it was an amphibious assault
• 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches along the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region
• there were 10,000 allies deaths
• there were 4,000-9,000 axis deaths
  -D -Day
  -US Won

Question 13

When was Pearl Harbor?

Answer 13

December 7, 1941

Question 14

What was Pearl Harbor?

Answer 14

the Imperial Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
- it was a 5 phase attack that lasted from 7:55 am to 9:45 am

Question 15

What was the German-Soviet Non-agression Pact?

Answer 15

1. AKA Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
2. no military action against each other for the next 10 years (Germany and Soviet Union
3. contained a secret agreement where the Soviets and Germans agreed how they would later divide up Easter Europe

Question 16

When was the German-Soviet Non-Agression Pact?

Answer 16

August 23, 1939

Question 17

What was the battle of Iwo Jima?

Answer 17

• one of Japan’s most heavily fortified islands
• 20,700 Japanese in tunnels and caves
• 6,000 marines died
• only 200 Japanese survived

Question 18

When was Battle of Midway?

Answer 18

June 4-7, 1942

Question 19

What happened during battle of Midway?

Answer 19

1. US Navy defeated Imperial Japanese
2. Japanese wanted to eliminate the US, but couldnt
3. Jap had 3,000 soldiers, 5 ships, 228 aircraft
4. US had 340 soldiers, 2 ships, 145 aircraft

Question 20

When was Hiroshima bombed?

Answer 20

August 6, 1945

Question 21

Describe Hiroshima and bomb:

Answer 21

• Enola Gay dropped 9,700lb bomb on Hiroshima
• AKA Little Boy
• blast = 15,000 tons of TNT
• immediately killed 80,000 people

Question 22

When was Nagasaki bombed?

Answer 22

August 9, 1945

Question 23

Describe Nagasaki and the bomb:

Answer 23

• called Block’s Car
• dropped 10,800lb bomb
• AKA Fat Man
• blast = 22,000 tons of TNT
• killed 60-80,000 people