World War 2

Question 1

What did the Treaty of Versailles do to Germany?

Answer 1

• Financial reparations ($33 billion USD)
• Reduction in Army force to 100,000 men
• Reduction of territory
• Blamed for the starting of WW1

Question 2

How did the Great Depression affect Germany?

Answer 2

• Inflation
• Thousands of small businesses collapsed
• Unemployment rates rose
• The Nazi party then sought to blame the Jews for economic suffering

Question 3

How did Germany break the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 3

• War employment, increased military
• Moving troops into a demilitarised zone (Rhineland)
• Invasion of Austria

Question 4

What is the significance of the Sudentenland/Czechoslovakia?

Answer 4

• Germany had wished to invade the Sudentenland because those who lived there spoke German
• With negotiations with Chamberlain, he was then allowed to take over Sudentenland, but that same year (1938), invaded the whole of Czechoslovakia, which was not part of the negotiation

Question 5

What event sparked the start of WW2?

Answer 5

• German invasion of Poland
• On September 3rd, 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany, and that same day, did Australia

Question 6

What event brought the US into the War?

Answer 6

• The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941
• Australia had troops at Pearl Harbour, and was impacted by this event

Question 7

How many Australian men and women were mobilized for the war?

Answer 7

~726,000 men and women