How significant was the impact of bombing on Germany?

Question 1

How did the amount of aircrafts increase from 1939-1941?

Answer 1

-1290 in 1939
-10,780 in 1941

Question 2

What percentage decline was there in civilian consumption of goods?

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

When did the Germany military expenditure more than doubled?

Answer 3

in the period from 1939-1941

Question 4

What was issued in December 1939 which outlined vast programmes of war production?

Answer 4

-A series of economic decrees

Question 5

By 1941 what percentage of the workforce worked on war related projects?

Answer 5

55%

Question 6

What was the overall impact of propaganda?

Answer 6

-the German people slowly began to feel distrust towards Hitler due to the lies being spread regarding the war->Hitler was most likely aware of this explaining why he hid away for the last years of the war

Question 6

What did they use propaganda for?

Answer 6

-they used propaganda in an attempt to heighten morale of the German people though this did the opposite having people wonder why they were subject to such bad living conditions if they were in fact winning.

Question 7

What were the issues with the use of propaganda?

Answer 7

-the propaganda presented a false expectation that they would win the war similar to the propaganda used in WW1
-acknowledged their setbacks, only to push people to resist and resent the enemy

Question 8

How did Germany try to lower Britain’s morale?

Answer 8

-with bombings so that they could invade and take over, though they failed and didn’t manage

Question 9

How did Goebbels gain popularity during the war?

Answer 9

-by visiting bombed areas though Hitler stayed away

Question 10

What was Goebbels key part in the war besides propaganda?

Answer 10

-keeping up a good reputation for the Nazis

Question 11

What did Hitler do when the war began going downhill?

Answer 11

-stayed out of the spotlight

Question 12

What did the British aircraft launch in 1955 February 13th?

Answer 12

-13th February 1955 British aircraft launched an attack on Dresden. In the following days Britain and their US allies would drop nearly 4,000 tons of explosives in the attack. This caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people

Question 13

What was a result of the British aircraft launching an attack on Dresden?

Answer 13

-Around 78,000 dwellings had been completely destroyed. People were made homeless and lost everything, including their lives.

Question 14

What was an overall impact of the British aircraft launching an attack on Dresden?

Answer 14

-German people would therefore lack morale, having everything torn from them so violently, making it difficult to come back from
-there was a distinct controversy of these bombings due to them being civilian as opposed to directly war related