WW2

Question 1

German rearmament

Answer 1

Hitler increases military, Lufftwaffe at Nuremberg rally 1935, navy expansion under Anglo-German Naval Pact

Question 2

Appeasement

Answer 2

Britain didn’t want a Hitler temper tantrum, too broke, Peace Ballot, thought the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh

Question 3

Spanish civil war

Answer 3

Franco’s Fascism, Hitler + Mussolini help, blitzkreig practice

Question 4

Axis powers sign

Answer 4

Germany + Italy = Rome-Berlin Axis 1936
Japan joins Anti-Comintern Pact

Question 5

Rhineland

Answer 5

Supposed to be demilitarised. 1936, Hitler orders army to march into Rhineland + retreat if the French show up. Hitler got away with it + got bold

Question 6

Anchuss

Answer 6

Austrian Chancellor is a Nazi. Austrian Nazis demand Anchuss. Hitler welcomed in Vienna

Question 7

Sudetenland

Answer 7

Hitler encouraged Sudeten Nazis to push for independence from Czechslovakia. Czech Près asked Britain for help but appeasement

Question 8

Munich conference

Answer 8

Hitler demanded to be given Sudetenland by Sept 28. T-4hrs Mussolini convinced Tim to conference. Munich conference the next day, Hitler got Sudetenland + promised to stop invading. Anglo-German Agreement

Question 9

End of Peace

Answer 9

6 months later Hitler invaded the rest of Czechslovakia. Nazi conscription

Question 10

Nazi Soviet Non Agression Pact

Answer 10

10 years no fighting, Poland partitioned in secret clause. Hitler buys time, Stalin rebuilds

Question 11

WW2 begins.

Answer 11

Invasion of Poland Sept 1st, via Blitzkreig. Poland defeated on 6th. Britain + France declare “Phoney War”

Question 12

French invasion

Answer 12

German Panzers roll in through Ardennes, Blitzkreig. Soldiers retreat to Dunkirk beach, Operation Barabarossa to escape. Pétain pres of Vinchy France

Question 14

Operation sea lion

Answer 14

Invasion of Britain. Battle of Britain in the air.
Blits
Brits best tech

Question 15

Operation Barabarossa

Answer 15

Invasion of USSR. Stalin ordered scorched earth tactics + soldiers to be shit if they retreated. Nazis froze to death

Question 16

Pearl Harbour

Answer 16

Roosevelt supplied allies via Land Lease Programme. Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. US joins war

Question 18

Operation avalanche

Answer 18

Allied invasion of Italy. Fascist Grand council got sick of Musollini and hung him up by his bootstraps

Question 19

Operation Overload

Answer 19

D-Day. US, UK, French + Canadian troops. 5 code named French beaches. Amphibious attack. Paris liberated in August

Question 20

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 20

Germany tries to redo OG invasion in Dec. Went to shit, Allies invaded Germany instead

Question 21

Yalta conference

Answer 21

Unconditional German surrender, German partition and German denazification + demilitarisation. USSR would help against Japan once Germany was done

Question 22

Battle of Berlin

Answer 22

Red army rampage after discovery concentration camps. Hitler hid in the Führer bunker. When he heard about Mussolini, he married Eva Braun + did join suicide before they could meet Mussolinis end

Question 23

Potsdam conference

Answer 23

Roosevelt died, Truman took over. Japan surrendered after Hiroshima + Nagasaki

Question 24

Life on the British home front: Conscription

Answer 24

Compulsory National service. Too old to fight = dad’s army, a second line of defence who’s presence boosted morale

Question 25

Life on the British home front: Operation Pied Piper

Answer 25

Kids evacuated

Question 26

Life on the British home front: Women

Answer 26

Women's land army prevented food shortages + Women's Volunteer services worked in Air Raid Precautions. Women entered the work force

Question 27

Life on the British home front: Government

Answer 27

Ministry of food made ration books Ministry of Information regulated news + pushed propaganda

Question 28

The Blitz

Answer 28

Air Raid Precautions: night time blackouts, barrage ballons, air raid centres (London underground), RAF defended against Lufftwaffe, air raid sirens for warning

Question 29

Life in Nazi Germany

Answer 29

¼ if workforce was POWs, so women didn't enter workforce until late. Stole resources from occupied countries so didn't need to ration until late. Strategic bombing started 1942, main cities ½ destroyed

Question 30

The holocaust: Einsatzzgruppen

Answer 30

Special killing squads of SS units, police + local assholes who ratted out Jewish neighbours. Killed >1.5 mill Jews Stopped as it was "inefficient"

Question 31

The Holocaust: Operation Rhinehard

Answer 31

Wansee conference - death camp + Zyklon B plan decided in <2 hours