Lesson 4: Events and End of World War 2

Question 1

Hitler demanded two things from Europe

Answer 1

Lebensraum, and Appeasement.

Question 2

is a german word that means “Living Space”. Hitler demanded to re-acquire territories that they have lost during World War 1 as an effect of the treaty of Versailles.

Answer 2

Lebensraum

Question 3

Though should not be, the League of Nations and Europe allowed the annexing of the German realm in:

Answer 3

Austria
Rhineland
Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia)

Question 4

is giving someone something to make them happy and leaving you alone.

Answer 4

Appeasement

Question 5

Exactly what Great Britain ( ) did through Appeasement that gave Sudetenland to Hitler.

Answer 5

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

Question 6

League of Nations failed to do anything. It is with appeasement that showed Hitler that he

Answer 6

could do whatever he wanted.

Question 7

To secure peace with a possible threat, Germany signed a peace treaty with USSR, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

Answer 7

It is a Non- Aggression pact between Germany and Russia signed in Moscow on August 23, 1939.

Question 8

After acquiring all that he needs, on 4:45 in the morning of

Answer 8

September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland.

Question 9

Great Britain and France requested German troops to leave Poland but they did not leave. Great Britain and France declared war against (_________) starting the Second World War

Answer 9

Germany

Question 10

Theaters or major battlefronts, World War II had two primary theatres:

Answer 10

The European Theatre and the Pacific Theatre.

Question 11

is participated by Great Britain and France versus Germany and Italy.

Answer 11

The European Theater

Question 12

The Germans utilized the (_________) as a military doctrine with the element of speed and surprise so that the rival would not have time to prepare.

Answer 12

“Blitzkrieg” policy, or lightning war

Question 13

This had been very effective in that France surrendered to the German blitzkrieg after

Answer 13

6 weeks from May 10 – June 22, 1940

Question 14

This made (______) the first country in World War 2 to surrender to the Axis.

Answer 14

France

Question 15

The invasion of Germany in Britain is called the

Answer 15

Battle of Britain.

Question 16

German Blitz “lightning” attempted to attack Great Britain, yet was unsuccessful when the

Answer 16

RAF (Royal Air Force) was able to defeat the German Blitz).

Question 17

Great Britain is saved from becoming like the

Answer 17

fate of France.

Question 18

A Genocide, purposely trying to exterminate an entire group of people, the Jews.

Answer 18

Holocaust came from Greek origin meaning “sacrifice by fire.”

Question 19

By the end of the war, a total (_____________) in this inhumane act.

Answer 19

of 6 million Jews died

Question 20

The Pacific war started when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor,

Answer 20

an American Naval Base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

Question 21

Like the German Blitzkrieg, the Japanese also have their own attack style,

Answer 21

the Kamikaze. Kamikaze means “Divine Wind”.

Question 22

In ancient Japanese history, it means

Answer 22

the storm that saved Japan from being invaded by the Mongols.

Question 23

Kamikaze, However, during World War 2, it made its new definition:

Answer 23

a Japanese Pilot in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (such as a ship)
an airplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide crash on a target.

Question 24

is bleak this time for the Allied forces, with France surrendering to the enemy, Great Britain being ganked by Germany and Italy, and the U.S.A.

Answer 24

Winning

Question 25

The Axis powers are on a winning streak. The shifting of the tides started with Germany’s wrong move,

Answer 25

attacking the sleeping U.S.S.R.

Question 26

is the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union,

Answer 26

Operation Barbarossa

Question 27

German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on

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June 22, 1941

Question 28

This broke the earlier-

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939.

Question 29

Hitler wanted to destroy-

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Stalingrad, for it bears the name of Stalin, and to further control mainland Europe.

Question 30

But Germany attacked at the wrong time,

Answer 30

they were blocked by the Russian Winter killing 91,000 Germans. By the end, there were only 5000-6000 Germans able to return home.

Question 31

As a result, Joseph Stalin, the right hand of Lenin and now the Premier of the Soviet Union

Answer 31

joined the Allies and won many battles pushing back German forces to Germany.

Question 32

Great Britain’s Royal army continued to push the Italian National Republican Army,

Answer 32

the Army Supporting Mussolini from northern Africa up back to Italy.

Question 33

After the death of Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci on

Answer 33

28 April 1945

Question 34

Italians surrendered in Northern Italy on

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May 2, 1945

Question 35

The angry Italian mob of the anti-fascist regime killed and hanged the dead body of Mussolini and his mistress in

Answer 35

Piazzale Loreto, Milan.

Question 36

is the allied rescue code for France, also called D-Day.

Answer 36

Operation Overlord

Question 37

British rescue to France was utilized using the

Answer 37

Amphibious Assault

Question 38

Amphibious Assault

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where forces from a Battleship are transferred by small marine vehicles to the shore.

Question 39

With France and Great Britain attacking from the west and U.S.S.R. from the east,

Answer 39

Germany surrenders in 1945 after Hitler commits suicide.

Question 40

Victory in Europe Day or VE Day was declared on

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May 8, 1945.

Question 41

Japan’s stubbornness to surrender in the war prompted the U.S. to drop its atomic bombs:

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Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945
Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945

Question 42

On __________, Imperial Japan surrendered to the Americans, in effect ending World War 2.

Answer 42

August 15, 1945

Question 43

That morning, on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese envoys (_________________) signed their names on the Instrument of Surrender.

Answer 43

Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu

Question 44

Held near Berlin, the Potsdam Conference (________________) was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state.

Answer 44

(July 17-August 2, 1945)

Question 45

The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, represented respectively by

Answer 45

Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman.

Question 46

The Conference result includes:

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Demilitarization of Germany
Germany to pay $ 20 Billion to pay war damages
Division of Germany,
West Germany to Great Britain
East Germany to the Soviet Union.

Question 47

Also, the United Nations was born on the

Answer 47

24th of October 1945, in San Francisco, California, United States.

Question 48

The United Nations

Answer 48

is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.