Key Question 4: Life During World War Two Flashcards
What was the home front?
The informal term for the civilian workforce during wartime.
What was restricted in 1939 due to the war?
Rationing of food- restricted to bread, potatoes and vegetables
Limit on shoes- boots for soldiers.
What was public opinion of the war in 1939?
Positive
How had the workforce in wartime germany changed by 1941?
A greater number of women were returning to factory work due to the number of free jobs. 50% of the population work in munitions manufacturing.
How did the Nazi’s attempt to tackle the labour shortage in 1943?
Slave labour of Jews and political prisoners for weapons by Albert Speer.
What were the conditions of Germany’s home front by 1943?
Heavy bombing had destroyed cities and weapons factories in industrial cities. 45, 000 civilians are dead and job losses begin.
What were conditions like in Berlin by 1945?
Berlin was almost destroyed and there was large amounts of homelessness.
How many German civilians were killed during wartime until Germany surrendered in 1945?
500, 000 civilians
What was the Einsatzgruppen?
An SS squad stationed in Poland from 1939 for ‘security’ restricting the lives of and shooting Jewish people.
What were living conditions like for the Jewish in Poland by 1939?
The Jewish lived in ghettos where there was insufficient food, awful conditions and disease.
What happened to Russian Jews by 1941?
Following the invasion of western Russia, thousands of Russian Jews were shot and placed in mass graves.
What changed in the execution of Jews in 1941?
Himmler visits Minsk and observes mass shootings. He doesn’t like the process and suggests the use of gas chambers.
What was the Final Solution?
The 1942 agreed decision for the extermination of the Jewish populous in Europe.
Where was the Final Solution agreed?
The Wannsee Conference
How many Jews had been murdered by 1942
500, 000 Jews
What were the outcomes of the Final Solution?
The Construction of extermination camps- an example of which; Auschwitz in Poland.
Between 1942- 1945 how many Jews are killed in gas chambers?
1.1 million
During the Holocaust by what means were Jewish people executed?
Gas chambers, Mass Shootings, Starvation, Disease and Burning.
What ended the Final Solution?
The Allied liberation of concentration camps in 1945.
How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
6 million Jews
What percent of Polish Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
91%
Why did Germany lose the Second World War?
- Strong opposition
- Over stretched in too many conflicts
- Lack of supplies since war was extended by 3 years from the predicted end in 1942
- British Code breaking at Bletchley Park
- Allied landing in Normandy (D-day)
When did Hitler commit suicide?
April 1945
When did Germany surrender in World War Two?
May 1945
