UVictory and Consequences Unit 9 test Flashcards
By August 1944, which city was liberated by the Allied forces?
Paris
What was Hitler’s reaction to the Allied advancement into Belgium and Luxembourg?
Drafted every man 16-60 and planned one last desperate attack
What was the last major battle in Europe?
Battle of the Bulge
Why were the Germans able to create a bulge in the Allied lines?
Heavy snow grounded American planes and dense forest region was lightly guarded/defended
Why did the Battle of the Bulge so costly?
Heavy casualties 80,000 Americans – 120,000 Germans
What happens to Hitler after he retreats to his underground bunker?
Commits Suicide
What do the Allies celebrate on May 8, 1945?
VE Day (Victory in Europe day)
What happened to President Roosevelt on April 12, 1945?
Died of a stroke
Who will succeed President Roosevelt?
Harry Truman
What horrific discovery did the Allies find as they moved through Germany?
Concentration camps where the Nazi’s attempted to exterminate the Jews and other groups (Holocaust)
Where were Jews made to live within the German territory?
Ghettos and concentration camps
What was Hitler’s “final solution” plan?
Genocide or extermination of an entire group of people (Jews)
What were the living conditions like in the camps and ghettos?
Families were forced apart, prisoners, poorly fed and clothed, disease, hunger, slave labor, murder, shot and buried.
What happens to most elderly, children and sick people sent to the concentration camps?
They were sent to the gas chambers
What was one of the most notorious and largest death camps?
Auschwitz