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Humanities |WWII Flashcards

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Which countries were part of the Axis Powers?

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Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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Which countries were part of the Allied Powers?

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Britain (incl. Aus), Russia, and the USA.

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When did World War II begin?

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September 1st, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.

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What tactic did Germans use to invade?

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Used tactic of Blitzkrieg (lightning war).

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Blitzkrieg tactics

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  • Aircraft were used to bomb and intimidate
  • Paratroopers were used to move infantry quickly
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What was the name of the British Prime Minister who declared war on Germany after its invasion of Poland?

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Neville Chaimberlain.

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What is the Reichstag?

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The German Parliament Building

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What date did the reichstag fire take place?

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February 27, 1933.

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Although the origins of who started the reichtag fire are unclear, who did the Nazis blame?

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They blamed the Communists (the nazis hate communists)

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What did blaming the communists allow the Nazis to do?

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  • Arrest and imprison political opponents without charge
  • dissolve political organisations
  • Suppress publications.
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Causes of World War II

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  • The failure of the league of nations
  • The legacy of WWI
  • Germany invading Poland in 1939
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How did the Nazis establish power in Germany?

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  • The Great Depression
  • Like the majority of the citizens, they didn’t like the harshness of the TOV, especially its reparations.
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What is a Putsch?

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A violent attempt at seizing political power.

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Beer Hall Putsch

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Hitler and his Stormtroopers interrupted a gathering of influential men and forced them to back his putsch.

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Why was the beer hall putsch ultimately unsuccessful?

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  • They made series of mistakes that led to Hitler getting arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison
  • During his time in prison, he wrote Mein Kampf (my struggle)
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Nazi Ideology

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  • Only the strong survive
  • Hate communism (communism vs. fascism)
  • Germany must gain lebensraum (living space)
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The Night of Long Knives

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  • 30th of June 1934
  • Hitler used the SS to murder ~180 leaders of the SA and other political opponents.
  • Hitler claimed the SA were planning an uprising
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Why did PM John Curtin declare Australia look beyond Britain for help (to the USA)

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Becuase Britain lacked resources to protect Australia or any of its colonies in the Pacific.

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‘Fortress Singapore’ Falls

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Malaya and Singapore were defended by British, Indian and Aus. 8th Div. troops.

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What happened at the end of January 1942?

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Malaya had fallen, and the Japanese started bombing Singapore.

21
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What happened on the 15th of February 1942?

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Fall of singapore (The British commander surrendered to Japanese force half the size)

22
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Darwin was attacked by how many air raids and when?

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  • Two air raids and 90 bombers
  • February 1942 (19th)
23
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The AIF couldn’t defend Australia, so who did instead?

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The militia (backup military comprising of normal citizens)

24
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Militia of the 39th Battalion were ordered to advance along the Kokoda Track to stop the Japanese. When did this happen?

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June 1942.

25
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What were the members of the 39th batallion nicknamed by members of the AIF, and why?

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‘Chocos’, because they were expected to melt in the heat of battle.

26
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When did AIF reinforcements arrive for the chocos?

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Late august.

27
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Why did japan attack Pearl Harbor?
(em– policy)

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  • Political self-interests
  • Resource scarcity
  • America’s embargo policy.
28
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Operation Barbarossa

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Hitler invaded the USSR, remove the ‘racial inferiors’ and repopulate with Germans.

29
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Pearl Harbour

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  • The biggest threat to Japan’s supplies was the USA, and its naval dominance in the Pacific.
  • 7th of December 1941
30
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List 3 significant places Australia fought.

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  • Singapore
  • Kokoda Track
  • Tobruk, North Africa
31
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List some turning points of the WWII Pacific War

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  • Battle of Midway
  • Kokoda Track
32
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List some turning points of the WWII War in Europe

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Operations..
* Barbarossa
* Overlord
* Sealion

33
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What’s another name for the D-Day Landings?

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Operation Overlord

34
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When were the D-Day Landings, and where did they happen?

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  • They happened on 6/6/44
  • They happened in Normandy, France
35
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When was Hiroshima blown up and with which bomb?

hiroshima: 🤯

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6th Aug 1945, with 9700-pound bomb ‘Little Boy’

36
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When was Nagasaki blown up and with which bomb?

everyone dead in nagasaki 🤓

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9th Aug 1945, with 10,300-pound bomb ‘FAT MAN’

37
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When did the British occupy Australia, and why?

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In 1788, under the legal assumption that Australia was ‘Terra nullius’ - empty land in Latin

38
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What did the British claim when they arrived in Australia that allowed them to colonize it?

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They claimed there were no permanent settlements or evidence of agriculture in Australia, which made it legal to colonize.

39
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Which two sections in the constitution affected Aboriginal people the most?

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Section 51, and 127.

40
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Australian Constitution Section 51

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The federal government had responsibility over all Australians except Aboriginals.

41
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Australian Constitution Section 127

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Aboriginal natives shouldn’t be counted in the census.

42
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The Stolen Generations.

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A period of time where Aboriginal (especially half-caste) children were taken away from their families and raised in orphanages/selective schools.

43
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The Policy of Assimilation

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A policy of absorbing Aboriginal people into white society through the process of removing children from their families.

44
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Bringing them home report

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A tribute to the strength and struggles of many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by forced removal.

45
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First Nations People

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An alias of the phrase Indigenous People

46
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Operation Dynamo

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A codename for the mass evacuation of British, Belgian and French forces from Calais, Oostende and Dunkirk

47
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How many people were evacuated in operation Dynamo?

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338,226 troops

48
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Japan sought an Asian and Pacific empire, called what?

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The ‘Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere’

49
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Operation Sealion

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Nazi Germany’s code name for the plan for an invasion of Britain

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