World War 2

Question 1

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following event: Army Size

Answer 1

Broke Treaty of Versailles by starting to rebuilt his military, airforce, and navy in secret

Question 2

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following event: Rhineland

Answer 2

Put his military in the region between France and Germany that was taken away from Germany in Treaty

Question 3

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following event: Austria

Answer 3

Combined Austria into the German empire

Question 4

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following event: Czechoslovakia

Answer 4

Took over the region and used its resources for their army

Question 5

Why did Hitler/ Germans want the above things?

Answer 5

He wanted to make Germany powerful again, expand their living space, and combine all the German speaking people into one empire.

Question 6

What is appeasement?

Answer 6

diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.

Question 7

What are the four reasons why Europe allowed appeasement?

Answer 7

• The Allied Powers were in the depths of the Great Depression, and did not have the money to be involved in another war.
• The memory of World War 1 was still fresh, and none of the world wanted to do that again.
• They were trying to convince themselves that Hitler’s demands were reasonable, and hoped he would be satisfied if he got what he wanted
• The militaries of the Allied countries were still recovering from WWI

Question 8

What was the consequence of appeasement for the Allies?

Answer 8

• Allowed Hitler to control a larger population to use as an army
• Allowed Hitler to control a more people to tax and gather wealth from
• Made Hitler seem invincible to his own people, so they bought into him as a leader
• Allowed the Germans to control areas with tons of resources like iron, coal, and agricultural land

Question 9

What was the importance of the Battle of Dunkirk?

Answer 9

Germany surrounded French troops and pushed them out of France to Great Britain.

Left France undefended from the Nazis, but saved 338,000 soldiers to fight later in the war.

Question 10

What was the importance of the Battle of Britain?

Answer 10

Germany used constant bombing to try and have them surrender, since they could not have a land invasion across the sea easily.

This battle saved Europe from complete Nazi control, and was later the able to be used as the base of operations for retaking control of Europe from Hitler.

Question 11

What was the importance of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 11

Japan bombed the United States Navy fleet to try to knock them out of the war before they could attack Japan.

This battle drew the United States into WW2

Question 12

What was the importance of the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 12

The German and Russian army clashed in the bloodiest battle for control of this important Russian city

This battle was the turning point for the war, especially in the East. From this point on, Hitler’s armies were pushed back into Germany.

Question 13

What was the importance of the D-Day?

Answer 13

Massive Allie re-invasion of Europe by the Allied powers, launched from England

This battle put Hitler into a 2 front war and stopped him from reinforcing his armies getting beat in Russia.

Question 14

Who are the allies?

Answer 14

Britain, France, the United States, Soviet Union

Question 15

Who are the Axis Powers?

Answer 15

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 16

How successful was Hitler at fighting in the war?

Answer 16

Hitler’s armies were very successful early in the war, but were terribly ineffective after the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Question 17

What happened to Hitler?

Answer 17

He committed suicide as the war was coming to an end

Question 18

Why does that happen?

Answer 18

He had lost the war, and did not want to be captured by the Soviets

Question 19

What two cities does the US drop Atomic Bombs on?

Answer 19

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 20

Why did the US drop the atomic bomb?

Answer 20

The invasion of Japan would have been costly in terms of lives, both Japanese and American

We wanted to show off our new weapons to the Soviets as a show of our power.

Question 21

What were the negative consequences of doing this

Answer 21

It killed over 100,000 instantly, and more hundreds of thousands in the weeks that followed

The effects on the citizens of Japan was cruel, even by the standards of war.

Question 22

What decisions were made at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 22

Split Europe into two

East- Communist controlled

West- Democratic and capitalist controlled

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?

Answer 23

Attempted to bring justice to the Nazi leadership in Germany

Run by the United Nations

Important step towards having an international court to prosecute war crimes and “crimes against humanity”

Question 24

What are the major functions of the United Nations General Assembly?

Answer 24

All countries have a vote in world affairs

Question 25

What are the major functions of the United Nations Economic and Social Development groups?

Answer 25

Gives loans to developing countries

Deals with disease outbreaks and health

Helps children in developing countries

Question 26

What are the major functions of the United Nations Security Council
?

Answer 26

Can step into conflicts in countries to stop them from escalating into war

Question 27

What are the major functions of the United Nations International Court of Justice?

Answer 27

Convicts war criminals

Question 28

How did Japan change after World War 2?

Answer 28

The United States took control of Japan

Forced it to demilitarize

Lost all colonies

Emperor had to admit he was not a god

A democracy was set up

Became allies with the

US during the Cold War