WWII

Question 1

What was island hopping and who used it?

Answer 1

America captured Japanese controlled islands one by one and using them as bases for bombers. Costly and slow process.

Question 2

When was D-Day?

Answer 2

The invasion of Normandy by the Allies took place June 6 1944.

Question 3

What was operation Barbarossa and what was its outcome?

Answer 3

The German invasion of USSR, started 22 June 1941.
The German used Blitzkrieg to try to capture Leningrad (Skt. Petersburg), Moscow (Capital), and Stalingrad.
Originally successful despite USSR advantages due to the element of surprise (Stalin had received numerous warnings of the German attack but dismissed them in the belief Hitler would honor the Nazi-Soviet pact).
The invasion took longer than planned and the Russian winter took the German advance to a halt. (pro tip: do not try to take Russia in the winter time, you will freeze)

Question 4

Why was WWII a total war?

Answer 4

The majority of many countries resources were directed towards the war effort.
Civilians worked to support the troops at the front, and were also targeted during bombing raids.
New and increasingly more powerful tech and weaponry as well as new tactics were used (EG Nuclear weapons, Blitzkrieg, huge battleships, better submarines, bigger carriers).
Area of fighting not limited (Hence the name).

Question 5

When did the attack on Pearl Harbor happen?

Answer 5

7. Dec. 1941
   US and Britain declare war on Japan December 8.
   Germany declare war on US December 11th.

Question 6

What wa Hitlers original programme for the NSDAP

Answer 6

The 25 point programme

Question 7

Hitlers two main Foreign policy aims

Answer 7

Reversing the Treaty of Versailles

Creat lebensraum

Question 8

What was Mein Kampf?

Answer 8

Hitlers book on foreign policy objectives and ideology

Question 9

What did the Locarno Spring and agreement do?

Answer 9

Guarantee Germany’s western borders, no guarantee to the east.
Germany in LON

Question 10

What effect did the massive unemployment in Germany do?

Answer 10

Helps Hitler rise to power

Weimar governments policies not satisfactory

Question 11

What and when was the world disarmament conference?

Answer 11

In 1933, Hirler leaves conference when France refuse to meet demands of equality of status

Question 12

What was the aim of Polands Pact with Germany in 1934?

Answer 12

Non-agresssion pact

Question 13

Who left LON in 1933?

Answer 13

Hitler and Germany

Question 14

What did Hitlers non-agression pact do?

Answer 14

Undermine France’s little Entente

Question 15

What was Anschluss?

Answer 15

Invasion of Austria

Question 16

What was the Stresa front?

Answer 16

Br, Fr and It shared agreement against Hitler

Question 17

What was the Anglo-German Naval agreement?

Answer 17

Britanys deal with Germany in 1935 to allow Germany some navy, undermined the terms of TOV

Question 18

When did Churchill argue Hitler should have been stopped?

Answer 18

When Hitler invaded the Rhineland

Question 19

When did Hitler first test his civilian bombing tactics?

Answer 19

In the Spanish Civil war 1936-1939

Question 20

What was the name of the Italian-German friendship pact?

Answer 20

Rome-Berlin axis

Question 21

What was the Anti-Comintern pact?

Answer 21

Japanese-German alliance from 1936

Question 22

What did the Hossbach memorandum do?

Answer 22

Provide evidence that this meeting was the first step towards war

Question 23

What was the result of the Munich Agreement?

Answer 23

Britain agrees to Hitlers ultimatum and all of Sudentenland is given to Germany in 1938

Question 24

When did Hitler occupy all of Czechoslovakia?

Answer 24

15 March 1939

Question 25

What was appeasement?

Answer 25

The policy of giving Hitler what he wanted

Question 26

What was the Nazi-Soviet pact?

Answer 26

The deal between Stalin and Hitler over Poland in 1939

Question 27

When did WWII start in Europe?

Answer 27

1 September 1939

Question 28

Why did the allies follow Appeasement?

Answer 28

Depression
Horrors of WWI
Sympathy for Germany in Britain after TOV