7 - WW2 Flashcards
3 factors that led to the fall of Nazi Germany
Military defeat on Easter and Western fronts
USA got involved
Internal Resistance in Germany
What military defeats happened that ended the war, and the years they happened (Western and Eastern Fronts)
Eastern Front –> Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-43
Western Front –> D-Day, 1944
Why and when did the USA get involved in the war?
Got involved after the Pearl Harbour bombing in 1941
What were the internal resistance the Nazis faced?
Rosenstrasse Protest
Swing Kids
George Elser, communist
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Germans tuning into BBC radio
When was the Rosenstrasse Protest and what happened?
1943
1,800 Jewish and non-Jewish couples protested against Jewish men being imprisoned
What did George Elser do and when?
1939
Attempted to kill Hitler and other German officials by bombing them
What did the attempted bombing of Hitler do?
Made Hitler supporters believe he was divine
Who were Sophie Scholl and the White Rose and what did they do? What happened to them?
They were students from Munich doing non-violent protest against the Nazis
They were beheaded
Who were the Swing kids and how did they resist the Nazis?
They were teenagers who listed to American Jazz as a means of protest
They refused to join then Hitler Youth and beat up Nazi officials
How many Germans listened to BBC radio in 1944
Approximately 15 million
What did some women do during WW2?
Have relations with foreign workers
