WW2 Flashcards
Describe Irish rationing during WW2.
Ration Books gave coupons for items so people wouldn’t buy too much.
Glimmer Men checked people weren’t using too much gas.
Petrol was limited, only priests and doctors had cars.
What was Irelands view towards WW2? Describe what that meant for Ireland.
Ireland was neutral.
Newspapers were cencored.
People’s post could be examined.
What part did Ireland have in WW2?
A base for American troops.
Northern Ireland fought with the UK.
Northern Ireland produced ships for Brittian.
Name a Northern Irish company. What was their part in WW2?
Harland and Wolfe.
Produced ships for Brittian.
What was the main cause of WW2?
Hitler’s Expansionist Policy.
Name an attack on Ireland during WW2 and where it occured.
The Belfast Blitz
How did Hitler rise to power?
Hitler’s Natzi party lead Germany.
People believed Hitler had good policies and would lead them to greatness.
Hitler removed all opposition.
He made laws without needing parliments approval.
Name a car made in Germany during WW2.
The Volkswagen.
How did Hitler help the economy?
Public Works Schemes.
Tax cuts to help industry.
What Industry developments occured in Germany?
A cheap car was made, it was used all over Germany.
Describe women’s lives in Germany.
Women were ecourages to:
Have kids
Work in the kitchen
Attend Church
Name an event (not the haulecaust) where Jews were discriminated against in Germany. What happened?
The night of the broken glass.
Jewish shops and synagauges were destroyed.
Jews were blamed and made clean up.
What laws were Jews made follow?
The couldn’t:
Vote
Own Property
Have certain jobs
Marry non-Jews.
They had to wear the Star of David.
Describe the event of the D Day landings.
The allies agreed there was no negotiationg with Hitler.
They were to land on 5 beaches in France.
Over 150k men were sent in the landings.
The fighting lasted 2 months, the allies won.
Describe the event of the Battle Of Stalingrad.
Germany invaded Stalingrad in the USSR to capture oilfields.
The Soviet troops would defend the city at all costs.
The Soviets surrounded the Germans.
The Luftwaffe couldn’t get reacources to the troops.
Most Germans surrendered to survive starvation.
Describe the Genocide in WW2.
“The Final Solution” was to send Jews from the Ghettos in to labour camps and death camps.
Unwell Jews were killed immeadiatly.
Twins were experimented on to increase population.
The gas chambers were disguised as showers.
8 million Jews died.
