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war Flashcards

1
Q

who did speer replace?

A

todt

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2
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when did britain start preparing for war?

A

1936

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3
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when did the usa join the war?

A

dec 1941

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4
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introduction of the truman doctrine

A

1947

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5
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establishment of a marxist-leninist party in the east

A

1949

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6
Q

end of the berlin blockade

A

12 may 1949

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7
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% of civil servants in the west with nazi pasts

A

est 60%

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8
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proportion of the population that were fatherless after the war

A

1/4

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9
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german ww2 casualties

A

4.3 million

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10
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% of national income from marshall aid

A

5%

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11
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when were german pows brought home from the ussr?

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1955

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12
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how much east german industry had been nationalised by 1949?

A

76%

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13
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east german school reform 1946

A

law for the democratisation of schools- abolition of private and religious schools,
expansion of pre schools

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14
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no of women who left their jobs pre-war

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360k

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15
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why did currency reform happen?

A

to end inflation and create a more stable currency- incompetence in nazi economic planning, black market

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16
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uk vs germany military spending 1939

A

1/3 germany vs 1/2 uk

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17
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meat ration 1939 vs 1945

A

750 vs 250g/week

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18
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evidence of lack of cooperation between east and west

A

stalin not being properly consulted on currency reform

19
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when did speer become minister of armaments?

A

feb 1942

20
Q

what % of the workforce was working on war related projects by 1941?

A

55%

21
Q

1939-41 increase in plane production, 42-3 increase

A

2k- which is not a lot apparently

11k- which is a lot apparently

22
Q

2 changes speer made

A

stopped conscription of skilled workers, closed non essential businesses as part of ‘total war’

23
Q

dresden- year and death toll

A

1945, 2.5k

24
Q

berlin airlift- no of planes and average calories

A

1 per minute by april, 2300

25
Q

number of people conscripted

A

4 million

26
Q

no killed after the stauffenburg plot

A

5k

27
Q

when was the deutschemark introduced

A

june 1948

28
Q

peak of tank production

A

1944, 19k

29
Q

what did speer set up in 1942 and why was it useful?

A

central planning board, co ordinated production- e.g. by using prison labour and women being employed

30
Q

total arms production increase due to speer

A

49%

31
Q

weaknesses of the war economy

A
  • cost for ordinary people- sacrificed quality of life/consumer goods for total war
  • allied bombing destroyed infrastructure such as railways
  • new territory not exploited
  • demands of total war never met, production below its potential
32
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example of organisations that controlled the war economy

A
  • economy and armaments office
  • ministry for armaments
  • economic ministry
33
Q

what percentage of target did oil production reach in 1942?

A

45%

34
Q

number of small businesses that went bankrupt in the runup to war

A

300k

35
Q

how much did speer increase tank output?

A

97%

36
Q

when was bonhoffer banned from preaching?

A

1940

37
Q

when/why clothes rationing was ended

A

1943 because the government no longer manufactured clothes

38
Q

why didn’t production reach its full potential under speer?

A
  • goods stolen from new land

- bombing meant resources had to be diverted

39
Q

name and problems with nazi regional management due to the war

A

gauleiters

stopped speer’s policy from being carried out

40
Q

% of property destroyed in dresden

A

70

41
Q

weapons developed near the end of the war

A

v1 and v2 rockets

42
Q

destruction of housing from bombing

A

20% destroyed and 30% damaged

43
Q

cost of importing food

A

$700 mil/yr

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