Occupied France

Question 1

When did Hitler come to power?

Answer 1

1933

Question 2

What were the populations of France and Germany in 1939?

Answer 2

France: 41.9 million
Germany: 70 million

Question 3

What was the period of time called when France did nothing?

Answer 3

le drole de guerre

Question 4

Why did France do nothing after declaring war?

Answer 4

The government was divided: General de Gaule wanted to fight, Petain wanted peace.

Question 5

When and where did the Germans enter France?

how many were killed, injured and made prisoners?

Answer 5

13 may 1940
les Ardennes
92,000 tués
200,000 blessés
2 millions étaient fait prisonniers de guerre

Question 6

When did Marechal Petain take over and make his first speech?

Answer 6

16th June 1940

Question 7

When did General de Gaulle make his resistance speech?

Answer 7

18th June 1940

Question 8

When and where was the armistice signed?

Answer 8

22 June 1940

Versailles

Question 9

What 3 things did Petain change?

Answer 9

le drapeau
la devise: travail, famille, patrie
l’hymne national: marechal nous voila

Question 10

When and where was the exhibition on Jews? What was it called and how many visited?

Answer 10

Septembre 1941 en Paris

“le Juif et la France” étaient visité par 200,000 personnes

Question 11

What happened that limited workers rights?

Answer 11

la charte de travail en Octobre 1941

les grèves étaient interdits

Question 12

When was la rafle du Vel’ d’Hiv’?

How long did it last and how many people were arrested?

Answer 12

Juilliet 1942 pour 5 jour

13,000 personnes dont 4000 enfants

Question 13

When was LVF created?

What does it stand for and what did they do?

Answer 13

Juilliet 1942

Ligue des Voluntaires Francais, ils luttaient pour Allemagne

Question 14

Who was in charge of la Milice? Who was the other important person involved?

Answer 14

Laval

Darnard était chef des opérations

Question 15

What was la Releve?

Answer 15

an earlier, voluntary version of le STO (1942)

Question 16

When was le STO? How many people were sent away?

Answer 16

1943

600,000 travailleurs envoyés

Question 17

What is the name of the town that was “saccagé” by the Germans? How many were killed?

Answer 17

l’Oradour sur Glane

642 victimes

Question 18

What were the groups created by De Gaulle?

Answer 18

France libre
FFL (Forces Françaises Libres)
FNFL (Forces Navales Françaises Libres)
FAFL (Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres)

Question 19

What started the interior resistance?

Answer 19

les manifestations par 3000 jeunes contre le fait que l’occupant a annulé la commémoration de la Grande Guerre

Question 20

When was Jean Moulin parachuted to France?

What were his pseudonyms?

Answer 20

janvier 1942

Rex et Max

Question 21

What were the people avoiding the STO called?

Answer 21

les maquisards

Question 22

What organisations did Jean Moulin found and when?

Answer 22

Le MUR (mouvement unis de la Résistance) en janvier 1943
Le CNR (conseil national de la résistance) en mars 1943

Question 23

Who tortured Moulin?

Answer 23

Klaus Barbie

Question 24

How long did the liberation of Paris last for an how many were killed?

Answer 24

10 jours en avril 1944

1500 francais tués et 3200 allemands tués

Question 25

What were the two types of "purging" after the war?

Answer 25

l'épuration sauvage | l'épuration légale (120,000 personnes étaient condamné à mort ou l'emprisonnement)

Question 26

snitching

Answer 26

les délations

Question 27

how was transport affected?

Answer 27

le manque du charbon et de l'essence les velos et les velos taxis les requisitions de cheveaux

Question 28

how was housing affected?

Answer 28

les actes des pouvoirs publiques pour obtenir les biens pour les Allemandes aucune chaffuage sans le charbon

Question 29

describe the black market | and the "grey market"

Answer 29

le marché noir: un kilo de café pouvait être vendu por 100 francs le marché gris: les colis des biens de la campagne pour "la famille" en ville

Question 30

how much did the germans take?

Answer 30

60% de biens

Question 31

give examples of l'ersatz

Answer 31

les glands pour le café | le rutabuga au lieu de pommes de terre

Question 32

how were peoples health affected

Answer 32

le nombre des morts dus à tuberculose a doublé | 2 tiers des jeunes avaient des carences en vitamines

Question 33

how many french policemen participated in vel' d'Hiv'?

Answer 33

9000 fonctionnaires

Question 34

describe "les debarquements"

Answer 34

un mouvement tenaille le Jour J à Normandie, 6 juin 1944 En Provence, aout 1944

Question 35

what did Marcehal Le Clerc do?

Answer 35

chef militaire de France libre | il a commandé les francais pendant l'invasion du Magrheb et les debarquements

Question 36

name some ways the war is remembered in France

Answer 36

``` Les memoriaux: les plauques memoratives les noms des rues et des écoles l'oradour sur glane les films et les livres ```

Question 37

what did Chirac do in the 90s?

Answer 37

recognised the role of france in le Vel' d'Hiv' | recognised the role of women in the resistance

Question 38

describe Papon

Answer 38

il aidait dans le déjudaisme des certaines entreprises après la guerre ses actions n'étaient pas connues et il travaillait en gouvernement en 1998 il était condamné à l'emprisonnement il a fait moins de 4 ans de la peine de 10

Question 39

describe Guy Moquet

Answer 39

il était un membre des jeunesses communistes il livriat les tactes et les affiches, il était arrêté lors d'une distribution il était fusilé en représailles pour le mort d'un commandant allemand avec 50 autres

Question 40

Who created libération-sud? | What did they do?

Answer 40

les Aubracs en 1941, deux attentats aux gares la distribution des tactes et la journal "libération!"

Question 41

What did Lucie Aubrac do?

Answer 41

elle organisait le sauvetage de son mari et 15 resistants en prétandant qu'elle était fiancée au Aubrac donc par loi ils devraient avoir un mariage

Question 42

by how much did France's Jewish population decrease? | and other occupied countries?

Answer 42

50% | 90%