WW2 Flashcards
What year was Adolf Hitler born?
1889
What is Adolf Hilters’ birthday?
20 April
When did Hitler come into power?
1933
What was hitlers position power first called?
Chancellor
When did Hitler become Führer?
2934
Who was Hitlers deputy?
Rudolf Hess
When did Rudolf Hess’s tenure as deputy end?
1941
Who was Hitlers closest advisor?
Joseph Goebbells
Where was Hitler born?
Austria-Hungary
Where did Hitler originally live and grow up?
Vienna
When did Hitler move to Germany?
1913
When did Hitler enlist in the army?
1914
When did hitlers service end?
1920
What award did Hitler get for his service?
An Iron Cross
What was the precursor to the Nazi party called?
German Workers Party or DAP
When did Hitler join DAP?
1920
When did Hitler become leader of the Nazi party?
1921
When did Hitler fail an attempted coup in Munich?
1923
When was Benito Mussolini born?
1883
When did Benito Mussolini become Dictator of Italy?
1922
What was the name of Benito Mussolinis father?
Alessandro Mussolini
What was Alessandros profession?
Blacksmith
What was Alessandros political belief system?
Socialist
Where was Benito Mussolini born?
Predappio in the province of Foril
What was Benito Mussolinis mom’s name?
Rosa Mussolini
When did ww2 start?
1st September 1939
Who was the most successful fighter ace in history?
Erich Hartmann
How many combat missions did Erich Hartmann go on?
Over 1,400
When did America join WW2?
8th December, 1941
What does the German word Juden mean?
Jews
Which country was the St. Louis ocean liner turned away from going to?
Cuba
What was the Czar’s secret police called?
Okhrana
What is ‘The protocols of the elders of zion?
A fabricated text purporting to detail a Jewish plot for world domination
Who oversaw Operation Torch?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was Operation Torch?
An allied invasion of French North Africa
Who was the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who oversaw operation Overlord?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was Dwight D. Eisenhowers political belief?
Progressive conservative
Who was the lead prosecutor at Nuremberg?
Robert Jackson
What did londoners call the German bombs that landed on london?
Doodlebugs
Who did FDR appoint as US representative to the United Nation War Crimes commission in 1943?
Herbert Pell
How long did it take Herbert Pell to go to London after being appointed to the United Nations War crimes commission?
6 months
Why did Herbert Pell return to America early in 1944?
For his only sons wedding and then the state department wouldn’t let him go back
Who was FDR’s Secretary of the Treasurey?
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
What was FDR and Henry Morgenthaus last conversation before FDR died the next day about?
About breaking the state department and building something new
What number president was FDR?
32nd
Which two prominent Nazis did the OSS make deals with in the days leading up to the Nuremberg Trails?
Hermann Goering & Hajalmar Schacht
Who was Robert Jackson’s assistant prosecutor?
Telford Taylor
How many Nurmberg trails were there?
13
When did the Nuremberg trails end?
1949
Which important OSS agent stayed at the Nuremberg trails after Bill Donovan was kicked out?
Allen Dulles
Who is it rumored gave Hermann Goering his cyanide tablet before he could executed?
Jack “Tex” Wheelis
Where was Karl Wolff captured?
Cernobbio, Italy
What was Karl Wolffs full name?
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff
What position did Karl Wolff have near the end of the war?
Supreme SS and Police Leader in Italy
When was Karl Wolff rearrested?
1962
Where was Karl Wolff rearrested?
West Germany
How long was Karl Wolff sentenced for and how long did he serve?
15 years and 7 years
When did Karl Wolff graduate and join ww1?
1917
Which front did Karl Wolff serve on during ww1?
The western front
What did Himmler fondly call Karl Wolff?
Wolffie
When was the SS formed?
1925
How many people died in ww2?
64 million
Who was emporer of Japan during ww2?
Hirohito
When did Hirohito come into power?
1926
When did Hirohito die?
1989
Who was Hirhitos spouse?
Empress Nagako
When was Hirohito born?
1901
What religion was Hirohito?
Shinto
Who was the father of Hirohito?
Emperor Taishō
Who was the mother of Hirohito?
Sadako Kujō
Who was Benito Mussolinis mistress?
Milan Piazzale Loreto
What was the name of the villa that Karl Wolff held up in before he was apprehended?
Locatelli
When did Karl Wolff manage to surrender German forces on the Italianfront after much diplomacy?
May 2nd 1945
Where was the surrender of the Italian front signed?
Caserta
Which big Magazine company owner was Allen Dulles close friends with?
Owner of Time Magazine
Who primarly handled Himmlers banking/business matters?
Karl Wolff
Which important interest in Italy did Wolff agree to not blow up as part of the Operation Sunrise agreement?
The hydroelectric plants that generated power from the water running down the alps
Who did the SS’s experiments on high altitudes?
Sigmund Rascher
How did the Allen Dulles get Karl Wolff out of Police Military custody and into a psychiatric institution in 1946?
By arranging for Karl Wolff to be diagnosed with a nervous disorder
Which General heavily supported operation Sunrise even after FDR pulled out?
General Lyman Lemnitzer
What three people did Karl Wolff send letters about operation Sunrise and his right to be freed from his custody?
Truman, Allen Dulles and General Lyman Lemnitzer
Where did Karl Wolff go for his “denazification” hearing in 1948?
A detention center in Hamburg
What was Karl Wolffs sentence at hamburg?
4 years but through lobbying efforts by Allen Dulles it was shortened to time already served
What was the name of the palace that Karl Wolff had previously seized and was captured at by American military police in 1946?
Bolzano
How much money did Karl Wolff immediately demand from the US government?
$45,000
What was the name of the military branch of the SS?
Wafen-SS
