Affect of WW2 on Germany Flashcards
Wat was area Bombing?
When the RAF Bombed civilian targets as well as military targets.
Give 2 examples of effects area bombing had on civilians?
- Homelessness
- Civilian Deaths
- Resources destroyed
When was rationing introduced?
August 1939
Give 1 example of foods they would have been given in their rations?
- Bread
- Potatoes
- Preserves
Why did Area Bombing cause refugees?
Because lots of people lost their homes and had know where to go.
Was Labour Forced or optional?
Forced
Did women enter the workforce in small or large numbers?
Large Numbers
Roughly how many men fought for Germany in WW2?
13.7 Million Men
Who were the Edelweiss pirates?
The main youth opposition group during the war.
Who were the Edelweiss prirates primarily made up of?
Working class boys
Who were the white rose group?
Started by a group of university students the white rose went around handing out anti nazi leaflets and marched through cities in protest
What happened to Hans and Sophie Scholl the ring leaders of the white rose?
Arrested and sentenced to the guillotine.
What groups of musicians were created during the war?
Swing youth and Jazz youth groups.
What type of people made up the jazz and swing youth groups?
Middle class young people who rejected nazi policies.
At the end of the war roughly how many Jews had been exterminated?
6 million
What percent of Germany’s Sinti and Roma people died in concentration camps?
85%
What was the first phase of Jewish persecution?
Ghettos
What was the main killer in Ghettos ?
Starvation and disease
What was phase 2 in the persecution of the Jews?
Mass killings
How many Jews had died in the mass killings by 1949?
500,000
What was Phase 3 in the persecution of the Jews?
The final solution
What was the Final solution?
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
Did the churches have serious opposition to the Nazis during the war?
No
Were the any army plots against the Nazis?
Yes a number of them
Was the military plots affective against hitler?
No the military leaders were too busy competing with each other
How serious was the opposition?
Not very serious
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
