War

Question 1

What countries were Axis?

Answer 1

-Germany
-Italy
-Japan

Question 2

What countries were Allies?

Answer 2

-US
-GB
-Soviet Union

Question 3

What did the Axis Allies want?

Answer 3

-territorial expansion by military conquest
-destruction of communism

Question 4

What did Hitler want?

Answer 4

-domination over continental Europe

Question 5

What did Mussolini want?

Answer 5

-domination over the Mediterranean

Question 6

What did Japan want?

Answer 6

-domination over East Asia and the Pacific

Question 7

When did Hitler and Mussolini form Axis power?

Answer 7

1936

Question 8

When was Czechoslovakia forced to surrender Sudetenland?

Answer 8

1938

Question 9

What 2 significant things happened in 1939 (land/invasion wise)?

Answer 9

-rest of Czechoslovakia taken by German military
-Poland invaded by Germany

Question 10

When did the German Soviet Non Aggression Pact happen?

Answer 10

August 1939

Question 11

When did Britain and France declare war?

Answer 11

1939

Question 12

When was France invaded by Germany?

Answer 12

1940

Question 13

What did Germany do to the Soviet Union in 1941?

Answer 13

-Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa

Question 14

When did Japan attack Pearl Habour? What was the impact?

Answer 14

-1941
-USA enters war

Question 15

When was the Battle of Stalingrad and what was the impact?

Answer 15

-1942-1943
-Germany defeated in USSR

Question 16

When did Hitler take his life?

Answer 16

April 1945

Question 17

When did Germany surrender?

Answer 17

7th-8th May 1945

Question 18

What was V J Day and when was it?

Answer 18

-September
-Japan surrendered after USA dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 19

Why were the Germans successful between 1939-1941?

Answer 19

-their Blitzkrieg strategy of rapid advances overwhelmed all of their enemies in the first 2 years

-the French relied on the Maginot Line (defence fortifications on the Franco-German border) which was also overwhelmed

-Lebensraum expansion from 1938 allowed Germany better access to labour and resources

-the USSR were not expecting the German attack during Operation Barbarossa

Question 20

Why did German start to lose their success?

Answer 20

-by December 1942 the German advance into the USSR had stalled at Stalingrad and losses were also experienced in North Africa

-from 1943 onwards Germany is fighting a defensive war and was subject to bombing raids

-as Soviet troops marched in from the East, Germans retreated Westwards

-Western Europe was liberated from D-Day in June 1944

-April 1945->Hitler commits suicide and from May 1945 Germany unconditionally surrenders

-August 1945->Japan surrenders after atomic bombs are dropped

Question 21

What were the early years of war like?

Answer 21

-the early years of the war were characterised by the method and speed of the war (they advanced very quickly to give other countries no time to prepare)

Question 22

What was the timeline of events of the war?

Answer 22

-took Poland in 5 days->better prepared than others->the Netherlands falls just as quickly->France falls by 1940->when Germany turns to Britain the battle of Britain failed->blitz lasted about a year but failed->1941 America joins after bombing of pearl harbour->mainly wants to stop the Japanese->from 1942 onwards Hitler takes control over the tactics and makes the decision to invade Russia in the winter->worse decision because of snow and also Russia is the largest country->basic tactic was to do what they did in WW1 (but failed to do) again but succeed but they failed->Nazi soviet pact was secret (Russia and Germany)->wanted to backstab Stalin->war is pretty much over for Germany in 1942 after the attempt to invade Russia failed->America join war and Germany didn’t have enough allies