Night Question of the Day

Question 0

What was the role of women in World War II

Answer 0

women did men’s jobs
worked in factories, shops, etc.
worked in nursing tents

Question 1

What is a Blitzkrieg?

Answer 1

means lightning war

was a german war strategy

Question 2

How was propaganda used to fight the war?

Answer 2

advertisements

made to support people

Question 3

What countries were involved in World War II

Answer 3

Axis: Germany Italy Japan
Allies: Britain Soviet Union US > Big 3
Australia Brazil Canada Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa
Neutral: Ireland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland

Question 4

During WWII, which countries were on the Axis side and which countries were on the Allies side?

Answer 4

Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan
Allies: US, UK, Soviet Union/USSR

Question 5

How did the Axis and Allies send messages during the war? Was it effective?

Answer 5

lights, flags, carrier pigeons, radio communication, secret codes, enigma, could mislead another army

Question 6

What is a cryptographer?

Answer 6

someone who studies cryptography- a method of storing and transmitting data in a particular form
only those intended could read it because communication was vital

Question 7

What secret code did American Marines use?

Answer 7

navijo talkers- changed english letters with navijo words

navijo was main language, there was a entire code book, hardest language to learn- only oral, not written down

Question 8

What are U-boats?

Answer 8

german sub

Question 9

What happened at Pearl Harbor?

Answer 9

japanese navy surprise attck
in hawaii
led to us joining the war
fire jets, bombers, torpedos
8 us battleships damaged, 4 sunk
29 japanese aircrafts destroyed and many subs vanished
December 7, 1941- mom and dads anniversary

Question 10

What significance does Iwo Jima have on the war?

Answer 10

goal was to take far east
Japan was US main target
Feb 19 to march 16 1945
island close to japan
america gained greater advantage over Japan

Question 11

Why are Hiroshima and Nagasaki important to WWII

Answer 11

Japan didnt surrender when Germany did
"Little Boy" atomic bomb hit Hiroshima
"Fat Man" bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Japanese cities
atomic bombings ended WWII

Question 12

what is an a-bomb

Answer 12

nuclear fision bomb
only used twice
launched over 2000 times in practice
stand for atomic, when atoms split

Question 13

What was the battle of Midway

Answer 13

Midway was island off hawaii used to refill planes on way to Japan
Japan attacked june 4-7, 1942
Japan ambush, US defeated Japan
US found out early

Question 14

Who was Adolph Hitler?

Answer 14

German politican
believed in Aryan Race
dictator of Nazi Germany
responsible for deaths/WWII/Holocaust
commited suicide

Question 15

Who were the Gestapo

Answer 15

secret nazi german police force

helped hitler gain control of europe

Question 16

What is a Swastika and what does it represent

Answer 16

originally buddist/hindu symbol
hitler adopted it and flipped it
legs go clockwise
associated with Nazi German flag and symbol used by Nazis

Question 17

What is Fascism

Answer 17

form of government
popular from 1919-1945
most money on military not education
leaders believed strong countries can abuse weakers nations
associated with germany and italy

Question 18

Who is Benito Mussolini

Answer 18

Italian politican and journalist
27 primeminister
allied with and relied on hitler
mussolini fled after hitler died

Question 19

What was the Red Army

Answer 19

established in 1917
main army of russian federalist republic
liberated auschwitz in 1945
later known as soviet army
helped make what is now russia

Question 20

What was the Holocaust

Answer 20

led by hitler
1939-1945
slaughter by fire and sacrifice by fire in hebrew

Question 21

What was the significance of the yellow star?

Answer 21

Jews forced to wear star with jew written in middle
easier to identify jews
those who wore it sent to camps

Question 22

What was a ghetto in WWII

Answer 22

term used by nazis
poor parts of cities
surrounded by barbed wire
jews died of diseas, starvation, etc
place where jews were kept before sent to camps

Question 23

What is a concentration camp

Answer 23

place where large numbers of people are sent to die

led by hitler and nazi germany in wwii

Question 24

What was auschwitz

Answer 24

concentration camp founded in may of 1940
located in poland
main camp
1.1 died
so big had 3 smaller camps inside it
liberated 1/27/1945

Question 25

What is a gas chamber

Answer 25

airtight room filled with posionous gas
up to 5 chambers per camp
carbon monoxide and zyklon b used

Question 26

Who was US president during the WWII

Answer 26

FDR until he died a few months before war ended and Truman took over
32/33 presidents

Question 27

Who were the Big 3?

Answer 27

Josef Stalin- Soviet Union
FDR- US
Winston Churchill- Britain
Tried to defeat axis powers

Question 28

Who is Josef Stalin

Answer 28

really bad person
joined allies and was in big 3
helped defeat hitler
leader of Soviet Union/USSR

Question 29

What is communism

Answer 29

socio political ideology
national control over
USSR and Russia

Question 30

What is D-Day

Answer 30

Diployment Day
Normandy France
156000 troops
June 6 1944

Question 31

What is liberation

Answer 31

freeing of people from concentration camps
may 1945
marked end of holocaust
american and russian soldiers

Question 32

What is VE day

Answer 32

Victory in Europe

Question 33

What is VJ Day?

Answer 33

Victory in Japan Day

Question 34

What were the Nuremberg Trials

Answer 34

Series of trials
took place in Nuremburg Germany
started in 1945
questioned Nazi leaders and officers
punishments included death and imprisonment
set precedent
many leaders committed suicide or fled before tried, ex hitler

Question 35

What is the United Nations

Answer 35

international organization
193 countries
started 1945
Leaders meet in ny
5 main purposes

Question 36

Who won WWII

Answer 36

Allies won over Axis
led to creation of UN
fall of Italian and Japanese empires
ended in 1945