Y9 - T5: World War Two

Question 1

What was Appeasements?

Answer 1

Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, was keen to avoid war. He believed this could be achieved through the use of negotiation, agreements and diplomacy. His policy was to appease Hitler, which usually meant giving in to Hitler’s territorial demands.

Question 2

When and were was Adolf Hitler born?

Answer 2

Austria in 1889

Question 3

What were the main allies?

Answer 3

• Britain
• USA
• USSR

Question 4

What were the main axis?

Answer 4

• Germany
• Italy
• Japan

Question 5

What were the factors that led to war breaking out in 1939?

Answer 5

• The treaty of Versailles
• The weakness of the League of Nations
• American Isolationism
• The Nazi-Soviet Pact

Question 6

What was American Isolationism?

Answer 6

This was when the USA refused to join the League because a previous European war had already costed them too many American lives and Germany new the only country strong enough to defeat them was the USA.

Question 7

What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Answer 7

This was when the Nazis and Soviet Union ceated a pact to temporarily not fight each other which bought them both time.

Question 8

What happened in June 1942?

Answer 8

American dive -bombers destroy the Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway

Question 9

What happened in October 1942?

Answer 9

General Montgomery’s troops defeat the Nazis at El Alamein

Question 10

What happened in February 1943?

Answer 10

German General von Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad

Question 11

What happened in July 1943?

Answer 11

Allies invade Sicily and Italy surrenders

Question 12

What happened in Autumn 1943?

Answer 12

Hitler’s forces on the Easter Front were defeated.

Question 13

What happened in June 1944?

Answer 13

Britain and the USA invade France. 6 June was known as D-Day

Question 14

What happened in August 1944?

Answer 14

Allies arrive in Paris

Question 15

What happened in March 1945?

Answer 15

Allies cross the Rhine into Germany.

Question 16

What happened in April 1945?

Answer 16

Hitler commited suicide.

Question 17

What happened in May 1945?

Answer 17

Soviets now in Berlin - Germany Surrenders.

Question 18

What happened in August 1945?

Answer 18

Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by Atomic bombs to end the war in the Far East.

Question 19

What did Neville Chamberlain let Hitler get away with during appeasements?

Answer 19

• Build up Germany’s armed forces - 1933
• Reoccupy Rhineland - 1936
• Enter Austria - 1938
• Take over Sudetenland - Munich Agreement - 1938
• Ignore the agreement and invade Czechoslovakia - 1939
• Invade Poland (WW2 Starts) - 1939

Question 20

Which Japanese city did USA release a nuclear weapon on?

Answer 20

Hiroshima

Question 21

What are some reasons to suggest that the nuclear bomb was justified?

Answer 21

• To save the lives of more allied soldiers
• To get revenge on Japan
• They spent time developing the bomb so wanted to test it
• To show the world (especially USSR) how powerful they were

Question 22

What’s happened in September 1939

Answer 22

The war begins

Question 23

When is the phony war?

Answer 23

Till the end of 1939

Question 24

What happens in February and March 1940?

Answer 24

Nazis occupy Denmark and Norway