WWII Flashcards

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1
Q

Who didn’t Hitler kill?

A

scandinavians

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2
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Which group would be the ubermench?

A

the aryan race

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3
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When hitler pulls out of the league of nations, what was russia’s response?

A

they increased security measures

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4
Q

who led the fascist movement in the spanish civil war?

A

Franco

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5
Q

Which of these was the dress rehearsal?

A

the spanish civil war

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6
Q

Why does hitler move into austria?

A

there was a plebiscite that said that austrians liked hitler

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7
Q

what is anscous

A

annexation of austria into Germany

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8
Q

what does hitler say

A

I do not want any more territory

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9
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the soft underbelly of europe according to churchill was

A

Italy

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10
Q

blitzkrieg

A

lightening war; it was an intense military campaign to bring about a swift victory.

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11
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who made secret alliances and divided the territories of Eastern Europe?

A

Germany and the Soviet Union

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12
Q

The invasion of this country began world war 2

A

Poland

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13
Q

Who never allies?

A

greece

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14
Q

Why was germany successful in invading france?

A

all of the above

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15
Q

which part of france was occupied during WWII by Germany

A

north and west

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16
Q

how much territory did hitler have in comparison to previous historical figures

A

as much as Napoleon

17
Q

Who did Germany overcome quickly

A

Germany overcame france quickly

18
Q

The possibility of Germany and England joining forces was ruined when this person came to power

A

Winston Churchill

19
Q

which battle had as many total loses as us

A

battle of stalingrad

20
Q

who called it the great patriotic war

A

the soviet union

21
Q

what was the holocaust

A

mass extermination

22
Q

who were the Big three in potsdam

A

Truman, Stalin and Attlee

23
Q

What is a far departure from how germany was treated after WWII

A

Italy, Germany and Japan were each given economic assistance by the victorious powers

24
Q

Why did churchill leave

A

conservatives voted out and the labor party voted in the elections

25
Q

Why didn’t the Russian revolution turn out like the blank revolutions?

A

They were marxists and conservatives

26
Q

What did the Kellogg treaty do?

A

it renounced war

27
Q

Who killed francis ferdinand

A

the black hand

28
Q

who was against the red army

A

the white russians

29
Q

what was trotsky’s idea

A

a popular front

30
Q

what prohibited communists from existing

A

a reichstag fire

31
Q

policy for women under hitler

A

they couldnt be in government positions

32
Q

what made hitler socialist

A

he believed in the welfare of the nations over that of the people

33
Q

major event that happened in Berlin in 1920

A

Kapp Putsch