WWII A

Question 1

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following events
Army Size
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Answer 1

Broke Treaty of Versailles by starting to rebuilt his military, airforce, and navy in secret

Question 2

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following events
-Rhineland

Answer 2

Put his military in the region between France and Germany that was taken away from Germany in Treaty

Question 3

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following events
-Austria

Answer 3

Combined Austria into the German empire

Question 4

Explain how Hitler expanded his power for each of the following events
-Czechoslovakia

Answer 4

Took over the region

Question 5

Why did Hitler/ Germans want the above things?

Answer 5

He wanted to make Germany powerful again, expand their living space, and combine all the German speaking people into one empire.

Question 6

What is appeasement?

Answer 6

diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict.

Question 7

What are the four reasons why Europe allowed appeasement?

Answer 7

• The Allied Powers were in the depths of the Great Depression, and did not have the money to be involved in another war.
• The memory of World War 1 was still fresh, and none of the world wanted to do that again.
• They were trying to convince themselves that Hitler’s demands were reasonable, and hoped he would be satisfied if he got what he wanted
• The militaries of the Allied countries were still recovering from WWI

Question 8

What was the consequence of appeasement for the Allies?

Answer 8

• Allowed Hitler to control a larger population to use as an army
• Allowed Hitler to control a more people to tax and gather wealth from
• Made Hitler seem invincible to his own people, so they bought into him as a leader
• Allowed the Germans to control areas with tons of resources like iron, coal, and agricultural land

Question 9

What was the importance of each of the following battles:

-Dunkirk

Answer 9

Left France to be taken over by Hitler

-Hitler did not stop France and UK Troops from leaving, allowing them to re invade later

Question 10

What was the importance of each of the following battles:

-Battle of Britain

Answer 10

• Germany tried to Bomb Great Britain
• could not invade- across the sea
• Hitler gave up, since Great Britain would not give up and turned attention to Russia

Question 11

What was the importance of each of the following battles:

-StalinGrad

Answer 11

Hitler turned back on Stalin and USSR

-Could not win, ended up being pushed back into Germany

Question 12

Who are the allies?

Answer 12

Britain, France, the United States, Soviet Union

Question 13

Who are the Axis Powers?

Answer 13

Germany , Japan

Question 14

How successful was Hitler at fighting in the war?

Answer 14

Hitler’s armies were very successful early in the war, but were terribly ineffective after the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Question 15

What happened to Hitler?

Answer 15

He committed suicide as the war was coming to an end

Question 16

Why does that happen?

Answer 16

He had lost the war, and did not want to be captured by the Soviets

Question 17

What two cities does the US drop Atomic Bombs on?

Answer 17

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 18

Why did the US drop the atomic bomb?

Answer 18

• The invasion of Japan would have been costly in terms of lives, both Japanese and American
• We wanted to show off our new weapons to the Soviets as a show of our power.

Question 19

What were the negative consequences of doing this

Answer 19

• It killed over 100,000 instantly, and more hundreds of thousands in the weeks that followed
• The effects on the citizens of Japan was cruel, even by the standards of war.

Question 20

What decisions were made at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 20

-Split Europe into two

• East- Communist controlled
• West- Democratic and capitalist controlled

Question 21

What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?

Answer 21

• Attempted to bring justice to the Nazi LEADERSHIP in Germany

-Run by the United Nations
Important step towards having an international court to prosecute war crimes and “crimes against humanity”

Question 22

What are the major functions of the United Nations

-General Assembly

Answer 22

All countries have a vote in world affairs

Question 23

What are the major functions of the United Nations

-Economic and Social

Answer 23

• Gives loans to developing countries
• Deals with disease outbreaks and health
• Helps children in developing countries

Question 24

What are the major functions of the United Nations

-Security Council

Answer 24

Can step into conflicts in countries to stop them from escalating into war

Question 25

What are the major functions of the United Nations

-International Court of Justice

Answer 25

Convicts war criminals

Question 26

How did Japan change after World War 2?

Answer 26

• The United States took CONTROL of Japan
• Forced it to DEMILITARIZE
• Lost all COLONIES
• EMPEROR had to admit he was not a GOD
• A DEMOCRACY was set up
• Became ALLIES with the US during the COLD WAR