Affect of WW2 on Germany Flashcards

1
Q

Wat was area Bombing?

A

When the RAF Bombed civilian targets as well as military targets.

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2
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Give 2 examples of effects area bombing had on civilians?

A
  1. Homelessness
  2. Civilian Deaths
  3. Resources destroyed
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3
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When was rationing introduced?

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August 1939

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4
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Give 1 example of foods they would have been given in their rations?

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  1. Bread
  2. Potatoes
  3. Preserves
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5
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Why did Area Bombing cause refugees?

A

Because lots of people lost their homes and had know where to go.

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6
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Was Labour Forced or optional?

A

Forced

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7
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Did women enter the workforce in small or large numbers?

A

Large Numbers

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8
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Roughly how many men fought for Germany in WW2?

A

13.7 Million Men

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9
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Who were the Edelweiss pirates?

A

The main youth opposition group during the war.

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10
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Who were the Edelweiss prirates primarily made up of?

A

Working class boys

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11
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Who were the white rose group?

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Started by a group of university students the white rose went around handing out anti nazi leaflets and marched through cities in protest

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12
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What happened to Hans and Sophie Scholl the ring leaders of the white rose?

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Arrested and sentenced to the guillotine.

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13
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What groups of musicians were created during the war?

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Swing youth and Jazz youth groups.

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14
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What type of people made up the jazz and swing youth groups?

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Middle class young people who rejected nazi policies.

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15
Q

At the end of the war roughly how many Jews had been exterminated?

A

6 million

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16
Q

What percent of Germany’s Sinti and Roma people died in concentration camps?

17
Q

What was the first phase of Jewish persecution?

18
Q

What was the main killer in Ghettos ?

A

Starvation and disease

19
Q

What was phase 2 in the persecution of the Jews?

A

Mass killings

20
Q

How many Jews had died in the mass killings by 1949?

21
Q

What was Phase 3 in the persecution of the Jews?

A

The final solution

22
Q

What was the Final solution?

A

All Jews and other illegal minorities found were sent to concentration camps where the fit people were worked to death and the weak were killed straight away

23
Q

Did the churches have serious opposition to the Nazis during the war?

24
Q

Were the any army plots against the Nazis?

A

Yes a number of them

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Was the military plots affective against hitler?
No the military leaders were too busy competing with each other
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How serious was the opposition?
Not very serious
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Why was the opposition not very serious?
Because most people were too scared to stand up to it or had other things on their minds