Week 8

Question 1

The first troops to enter and occupy Berlin at the end of World War II were:

Answer 1

• Soviet

Question 2

The Second World War differed from the First World War in which ways:

Answer 2

1) - increase in firepower and mobility
2) - the use of the atomic bomb
3) - change of targets to include civilian
4) - the development to Blitzkrieg warfare

Question 3

To What does the term Untermenschen refer?

Answer 3

• “subhumans” racial categories of Jews, Roma, and Slavs marked for murder by the Nazis

Question 4

The US and GB, unlike Germany, didn’t taggert cultural or educational centers, buy only bombed areas of political or industrial power: True or False?

Answer 4

• False

Question 5

The Turning point in the war in Europe came when the Allies began launching offensives against the Germans beginning after the Battle of:

Answer 5

• Stalingrad

Question 6

In 1941, the SU and GB invaded a neutral country, _________to prevent Germany from seizing a valuable war resource within the country.

Answer 6

• Iran

Question 7

In the summer of 1943, largest land battle in world history was fought at:

Answer 7

• Kursk

Question 8

Hitlers stated objective in the 1930’s was to reunite all ethnic Germans inside his “3rd German Reich”, and the first move to accomplish this objective was the:

Answer 8

• reoccupation of the Rhineland

Question 9

To What does the term Blitzkrieg refer?

Answer 9

• sweeping, meticulous use of German armored vehicles and air power to cut apart slower enemy armies

Question 10

Due to the memories of WWI, many Western nations were divided in their response to the action taken by fascist and nationalist gov. Some wished to meet such actions with force if necessary, while others wished to negotiate. this second approach is usually referred to as:

Answer 10

• appeasement