impact of ww2 on germany Flashcards

1
Q

how many german citys were area bombed during the war

A

61

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2
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when did the germans start to bomb london

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in September 1940

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3
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when did the raf started with area bombing of german citys

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in 1940 the raf started to area bomb germany

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4
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in what year many refugees fled from the ruhr due to british area bombing

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in 1942

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5
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why did many germans in eastern regions like poland or eastern germany fled in 1944-1945

A

they feared the revenge of the russians because they not just destroyed their countrys they did kill almost everyone there

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6
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why was there a labour shortage in germany during the war

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because 13.7 milion men served in the army

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7
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how did the nazis managed to keep the labor force up so the war can go on

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they took prisoners in the east and brought them to germany to work for the german war industry

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8
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how many times did somone try to putsch hitler directly and in what year

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the first in 1939 by Admiral Canaris

the second one by colonel staufenberg in july 1944

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9
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how did the church oppose to hitler

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ditrich bonhöfer had a secret underground church without any influence of the nazis

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10
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a group of young people against the regime its name and the names of the leaders

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the white rose (weise rose) under leadership of the siblings hans and sophie scholl

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11
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what was the main food for the germans during the war

A

bread and potatos

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12
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who got the least food from the state

A

jews

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13
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what was the target of the first ‘thousand bomber raid’

A

cologne

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14
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what was hitlers plan for the church after the war

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he wanted to make the church dissapear and become a nazi ideology

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15
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why where the military leaders that were against hitler not able to plan anything

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they were to busy competing with each other

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16
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what did the edelweiss pirates do to oppose hitler

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They attacked members of Hitler Youth and were fond of singing anti-Nazi songs.

17
Q

what happened to the white rose leaders after they got found

A

they were killed with a guillotine

18
Q

how many jews died in concentration camps during the war

A

six million

19
Q

what happened to the Jews in polland after Germany captured it

A

they were put in ghettos where thousands of them died to starvation

20
Q

what was a so called einsatzgruppe

A

one of four ss units following the german army in russia executing jews and russian opponents

21
Q

how many people were killed by the einsatzgruppen

A

1,2 million

22
Q

how many jews were murdered just in auschwitz

A

2.5 million