WWII 1941-1945 flashcards utf-8 06.05.2020
When did Germany invade the Soviet Union in WWII?
In June, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
What was Operation Barbarossa?
In 1941, Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
What was the code name of the Germany invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II?
In 1941, Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
What happened on December 7th 1941?
December 7th 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, bringing the US into World War II.
When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7th 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, bringing the US into World War II.
When did the US defeat Japan at Midway Island? Discuss the importance of the battle.
The Battle of Midway was a significant naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place in June, 1942, six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. The Japanese operation, like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor, hoped to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific, thereby giving Japan a free hand in establishing its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Japan lost four aircraft carriers, and the U.S. lost one carrier.
What critical naval battle occurred in 1942?
In 1942 the Americans defeat Japan at Midway Island (near Hawaii)
When did German forces surrender at Stalingrad?
In 1943 German forces surrender at Stalingrad.
When did Italy surrender in WWII?
1943
When was the North African Campaign in WWII?
The North African campaign took place 1940-1943. It included campaigns fought between the Allies and the Axis in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts, in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Who surrendered in 1943?
In 1943 German forces surrender at Stalingrad and in North Africa. Italy surrenders.
What happened on June 6th 1944?
June 6th 1944: American, British and Canadian soldiers invade Normandy. (Operation Overlord)
When was Paris liberated in WWII?
In August 1944, two months after D-Day, Paris is liberated by the Allies
When did the US enter Germany in WWII?
In 1944, four months after D-Day, the United States enters Germany
When did Hitler commit suicide?
end of April 1945: Hitler commits suicide, and one week later Germany surrenders.
When did Germany surrender in WWII?
May, 1945. Hitler commits suicide in April 1945, and one week later Germany surrenders.
Who was Goebbels?
Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Discuss Goebbels’s death
After Hitler’s suicide, Goebbels and his wife had their six children poisoned and then also committed suicide.
Who was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in Germany during WWII?
Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Who was Göring (in WWII)?
Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held). Early in the war, Göring was Hitler’s designated successor. However, by 1942, with his power waning, Göring fell out of favor with the Führer, but continued to be the de jure second-in-command of the Third Reich.
Discuss Goring’s death
Göring was the highest-ranking Nazi official brought before the Nuremberg Trials. He committed suicide with cyanide before his sentence was carried out.
Who was Reichsmarschall in WWII?
Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held).
Who was Hitler’s successor during WWII?
Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held). Early in the war, Göring was Hitler’s designated successor. However, by 1942, with his power waning, Göring fell out of favor with the Führer, but continued to be the de jure second-in-command of the Third Reich.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Goebbels with his family. Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Goebbels family with Hitler. Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Goebbels with Hitler. Joseph Goebbels was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until 1945. An avid supporter of the war, Goebbels did everything in his power to prepare the German people for a large-scale military conflict. He was one of Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers.
Goring and Himmler. Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held). Early in the war, Göring was Hitler’s designated successor. However, by 1942, with his power waning, Göring fell out of favor with the Führer, but continued to be the de jure second-in-command of the Third Reich.
Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held). Early in the war, Göring was Hitler’s designated successor. However, by 1942, with his power waning, Göring fell out of favor with the Führer, but continued to be the de jure second-in-command of the Third Reich.
Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held). Early in the war, Göring was Hitler’s designated successor. However, by 1942, with his power waning, Göring fell out of favor with the Führer, but continued to be the de jure second-in-command of the Third Reich.
Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held). Early in the war, Göring was Hitler’s designated successor. However, by 1942, with his power waning, Göring fell out of favor with the Führer, but continued to be the de jure second-in-command of the Third Reich.
Hermann Göring was Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich (among many other public offices he held). Early in the war, Göring was Hitler’s designated successor. However, by 1942, with his power waning, Göring fell out of favor with the Führer, but continued to be the de jure second-in-command of the Third Reich.
Himmler and daughter. Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Himmler and a general. Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Himmler and Hitler. Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Himmler and wife. Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Heinrich Himmler was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and also held overall command of the Gestapo. He was the chief architect of the Final Solution, and was overseer of the Nazi concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen death squads.
Adolf Eichmann was one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina in 1960 and subsequently found guilty of war crimes in Jerusalem, where he was executed by hanging in 1962.
Adolf Eichmann was one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina in 1960 and subsequently found guilty of war crimes in Jerusalem, where he was executed by hanging in 1962.
Adolf Eichmann was one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina in 1960 and subsequently found guilty of war crimes in Jerusalem, where he was executed by hanging in 1962.
Adolf Eichmann was one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina in 1960 and subsequently found guilty of war crimes in Jerusalem, where he was executed by hanging in 1962.
Adolf Eichmann was one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina in 1960 and subsequently found guilty of war crimes in Jerusalem, where he was executed by hanging in 1962.
Adolf Eichmann was one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina in 1960 and subsequently found guilty of war crimes in Jerusalem, where he was executed by hanging in 1962.
