WW2

Question 1

Hitler’s failed coupe (1)

Answer 1

hitler’s attempt to overthrow republic

Question 2

Mein Kampf: my struggle (4)

Answer 2

• hitler’s book
• political ambitions
• plan to overthrow republic
• hatred for jews

Question 3

Fascism (2)

Answer 3

• political party

- authority in one person

Question 4

Nazism (3)

Answer 4

• political party
• Hitler/Germany
• Nationalism

Question 5

Japan invades Manchuria (3)

Answer 5

• oil reserves
• empire building
• install a puppet government

Question 6

Burning the Reichstag (3)

Answer 6

• government building in Germany
• communists blamed
• begins Hitler’s campaign of fear

Question 7

Enabling Acts (2)

Answer 7

• end democracy-begin autocracy/dictatorship

- hitler becomes dictator

Question 8

Night of long knives

Answer 8

-hitler eliminates his opponents

Question 9

Mussolini invades ethiopia (2)

Answer 9

• league of nations does nothing

- ethiopia has mines for resources

Question 10

Munich Conference/Appeasement (2)

Answer 10

• appeasement: giving something to satisfy someone

- Chamberlain of Britain gives Hitler Czech land

Question 11

Molstov-Ribbentrop Pact (2)

Answer 11

• non-aggression pact

- secret pact to divide poland

Question 12

Polish Corridor (4)

Answer 12

• Treaty of Versailles had granted Poles access to sea at Danzig
• Poland signed nonaggression pact with Germany in 1934
• Blitzkreig on Sep 1
• one month later, Germany and Russia each have 1/2 of poland, Britain and France prepare for war

Question 13

The Gleiwitz Incident (4)

Answer 13

• germans dressed like poles take over a german radio station
• broadcast an anti-german message
• germans attack poland in 1939
• russia attacks from east

Question 14

Germans attack Scandinavian Countries (3)

Answer 14

• Sweden and Norway fall in 3 days
• airfield and naval bases
• iron ore available for germany

Question 15

Germany and Maginot Line (3)

Answer 15

• germany moves west
• french establish Maginot line
• Hitler goes North through Belgium

Question 16

France falls to Germany (9)

Answer 16

-six weeks
-Germany blitzkrieg overwhelms France
-Italy moves in from south
-Vichy Regime
^^Germans get 2/3 of France, Pertain to hold South but sells land to hitler
-French freedom fighters try to fight Hitler
^resistance government known as free french
^fought off the grid-underground
^Led by Charles DeGaulle

Question 17

Rescue at Dunkirk

Answer 17

inspires allies for the coming days of war

Question 18

Battle of Britain (9)

Answer 18

-57 nights of bombing
-Chamberlain out and Churchill in
-Luftwaffe vs. RAF (royal air force)
^luftwaffe almost double the size of RAF
-RAF helped by the “Dowding System”
^RADAR: radio direction finding and ranging
^Ultra: picks up radio calls
-Dissention in Germany and British spirit owns the day

Question 19

USSR targeted (4)

Answer 19

• USSR secured non aggression pact with Japan and Finland
• Hitler is upset: unable to take Britain, so he attacks russia
• wants rich oil reserves of the Ukraine
• Result: stalemate between Germany and Russia

Question 20

Good Neighbor Policy in US (3)

Answer 20

1. foreign policy toward countries of latin america
2. Goal: to create economic policy for USA
3. Goal: to change the way USA was looked upon in latin america

Question 21

Lend Lease Act - USA (2)

Answer 21

• lend or lease equipment to countries fighting the aggressors
• gives US time to prepare for war

Question 22

Selective Service Act- USA

Answer 22

-first military draft during peace time

Question 23

Atlantic Charter - USA (5)

Answer 23

• FDR and Churchill meet
• Terms:
  1. US Navy ships will escort British vessel carrying Lend Lease Aid
  2. Purpose of allies will be to defeat Nazis
  3. Made plans to rebuild Europe after war

Question 24

Us put embargo on oil to Japan

Answer 24

japan begins to plan Pearl Harbor

Question 25

Japan and the Pacific Theatre (3)

Answer 25

- Japan wants an empire led by General Tojo and General Hirohito - Japan wants an empire - need natural resources

Question 26

Pearl Harbor (3)

Answer 26

-December 7, 1941 -unexpected: Japan was in negotiations with US when bombing took place ^also unexpected because of US arrogance

Question 27

Doolittle's raid April 1942 (6)

Answer 27

- led by Colonel James H. Doolittle - FDR's attempt to bounce back from Pearl Harbor - Two accomplishments of the raid 1. first successful attack on mainland japan 2. inspired allied forces and americans at home - Led to Admiral Kumamoto's failure

Question 28

Island Hopping Strategy (8)

Answer 28

-used by the US -first allied offensive is at Guadalcanal -Japanese call it the "island of death" -battle of Midway ^under direction of Admiral Chester Nimitz -Midway is turning point in war ^Japanese unable to get airfields ^US Navajo code breakers intercepted location, date, and time of Japanese attack

Question 29

Kamikazes (7)

Answer 29

-US faces off with Kamikazes ^Kamikaze means divine wind ^took an oath od unyielding allegiance to the emperor -Allies win at Iwo Jima 1945 -Knock out Japanese Radar Defense -Virtually eliminate Japanese threat -First flag to fly over japanese home territory

Question 30

Allies prevail in North Africa (3)

Answer 30

- British General Montgomery wins at El Alamein, Tunisia - American General Eisenhower wins in Algeria - German General Rommel's Africa Korps defeated and Germany's fighting spirit weakened

Question 31

Germany loses in Russia (7)

Answer 31

-why stalingrad? ^want one front war ^oil for german war machine ^propaganda coup for Hitler over stalin -German General Paulus failed to take Stalingrad -Winter weather took a toll on Germans -Loss at Stalingrad put Germans on the defensive

Question 32

Mussolini defeated in Germany (3)

Answer 32

- King Victor Emmanuel has Mussolini arrested - Allies enter Rome-June 1944, but do not control. until May 1945 - Mussolini shot and Hanged

Question 33

D-Day Invasion (7)

Answer 33

-June 6, 1944: operation overlord -largest land and sea attack in history -top secret operation led by Eisenhower -launched onto Normandy coast ^Not Calais -with the help of General Patton the allies secure the beach and liberate France -Get supplies in France for a final push

Question 34

Battle of the Bulge (3)

Answer 34

- Hitler's live or die move in the army - Germany fails: snow hampers their movement - Germany fails: had no reinforcements

Question 35

Germany surrenders (4)

Answer 35

- allies and soviets surround in Berlin - Hitler commits suicide April 30, 1945 - May 9, 1945: VE Day- Victory in Europe- germans surrender - FDR dead, new president Truman accepts news of allied victory

Question 36

Victory in the Pacific (6)

Answer 36

-victory at the leyte eliminates Japanese fleet as fighting force -Truman decides to use atomic bomb ^manhattan project under leadership of Groves and Oppenheimer -1st bomb on Hiroshima - August 6, 1945 -3 days later second bomb hits Nagasaki -Japanese surrender - Sept 2 on USS Missouri