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WW2 Questions Ch4 Flashcards

1
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what was the name of the leader of the Nazi party?

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-Adolf Hitler

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what is the term for a dislike or hatred of Jewish people?

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-anti-semitism

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the name for germany’s secret police?

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-gestapo

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the name of the italian dictator who came to power in 1922?

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-Benito Mussolini

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5
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one of the causes of the second world war?

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  • treaty of versailles

- war guilt clause

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6
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name of battles in WW2?

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  • battle of the bulge
  • D-day
  • Berlin
  • Paris uprising
  • pearl harbour
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name for german submarines?

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-u-boats

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the place where allies landed on Dday?

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-Normandy, France

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what was the japanese attack that helped to bring the americans into the war?

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-Pearl Harbour

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what was the term for soldiers captured during wartime and put into camps?

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-prisoner of war (pow)

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what was the city that was targeted by the world’s first atomic bomb?

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-Hiroshima

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term for information that is spread to promote a specifiic cause?

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-propaganda

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13
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the name for the camps which japanese canadians were sent?

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-internment camps

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the term for hitler’s attempt to exterminate all jewish people?

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-holocaust

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name of one of the “death” camps in europe?

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-auschwitz

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why were italians unhappy after WW1?

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  • dissatisfied with the new democratic form of government and were viewed as weak and ineffective
  • they blamed their leaders for getting a bad deal for italy at the ppc
17
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what did mussolini believe was the ultimate goal of a fascist government and how did he fullfill his goal?

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  • to lead the country into war of imperial conquest

- invaded ethiopia in 1935

18
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what where the fundemental causes of the second world war?

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  • the treaty of versailles
  • the great depression
  • the riser of adolf hitler and nazi party
  • the failure of the league of nations
  • extreme nationalism
  • unwillingness of democratic governments to intervene in places like germany
19
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what action signaled the failure of the appeasement policy?

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  • when hitler’s troops invaded the whole of czechoslovakia and it ceased to exist
  • march 15, 1939
20
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why did german government form a democracy after WW1?

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  • believed it would help them in a peacemaking process
  • formed after german leader gave up power
  • created to please americans to push them into agreeing to a more lenient settlement regarding germany
21
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what was significant about the invasion of poland?

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  • canadians were not automatically involved in the war apart of the british empire;went to war on their own interest a week after britain (felt strong ties to britain and german aggression should be stopped)
  • it started ww2
  • blitzkrieg allowed germans to sweep through poland with little resistance
22
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what was significant about the battle of britain?

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  • individuel canadians served in britains air force
  • it was the first time hitler was denied conquest
  • use of radar and german cipher machine (the enigma) contributed to britain air power
  • hitlers change in tactices in response to churchills bombing of berlin likely cost him the war
  • the battle left the future allies with a base from which to attack hitler in europe
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what was significant about the invasion of the soviet union?

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  • hitler invaded the soviet union to fulfill his vision of lebensraum and to destroy communism
  • soviets reacted with scorched earth policy
  • hitler now had two front war
  • hitler broke nazi-soviet pact
24
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what was significant about the battle dieppe?

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  • more canadian troops died in these few hours than any other day in war
  • reason for failure was that britain decided to forgo the much needed aerial and naval support
  • allies learned that heavey air and sea support would be necessary for any future invasion of german occupied france
25
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what was significant about the battle of the atlantic?

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  • canadas involvement in the struggle was crucial to allied victory
  • canadian citizens who were not enlisted managed freighters and transported war materials to europe
  • royal canadian navy provided much of the protection of merchant ships
  • end of the war the raf expanded its navy
  • 2000 members of the canadian navy lost their lives in combat
26
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what was significant about the battle of stalingrad?

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  • victory was enourmous boost in morale for allied forces

- after this battle, germans suffered defeat after defeat on eastern front as stalins forces moved closer to berlin

27
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what was the role of women overseas?

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  • 1941 official womens armed forces branches were created
  • canadian womens army corps
  • rcaf womens division (airforce)
  • womens royal canadian naval service called “Wrens”
  • more than 46,000 women served overseas as cooks, nurses, pilots, mechanics, welders, and radar operators
28
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how many women worked in the workforce?

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-over 1 million

29
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how did canada contribute to a total war effort?

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  • factories created bombs, bullets, ships, aircraft and amoured cars
  • made vehicles for battlefront
30
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why was canada’s immigration policy restrictive?

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-british and american immigrants were “preferred” but immigrants of other backgrounds were actively discouraged

31
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in 1988 what compensation was each surving internee given?

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  • $21,000 to those who were still alive and affected by government policies
  • $12 million was paid total
  • canadian citizenship was restored to those who were deported
32
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what was the deportation law of 1944?

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-it stated that japanese ppl could be deported to japan if they did not leave BC even if they were born in canada

33
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what is devils brigade?

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  • first special services force (FSSF) formed in 1942
  • made up of elite can and am fighters
  • training included parachuting, skiing and mountain climbing
  • they learned how to handle explosives and all weapons
  • able to night fight, handtohand combat and captured weapons use
  • functioned as shock troops
34
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what were the three categories in britain regarding enemy aliens?

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class a-significant risk (imprisoned immediately)
class b-friendly ea (slight risk/could travel 5 miles away from home/couldnt own cameras/bikes)
class c-no risk to mational security (55,000-60,000 jewish refugees)
35
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which camps were liberated by canadian forces?

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  • vught, holland
  • bergen-belson, germany
  • westerbork, netherlands

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