Study Guide World War II

Study Guide World War II Aggression Appeasement and War  Examine the aggressive actions of each dictator as they built empires. Germany:  How did Hitler gain control of Germany? How did Hitler believe the Treaty of Versailles affected Germany?     How did Hitler test the treaty? Saar Basin, Rhineland, Spanish Civil War, Anschluss, Munich Pact, Czechoslovakia, Nazi-Soviet Pact. How was the Spanish Civil War a “dress rehearsal” for WWII? What year did Hitler move his troops into Austria? What happened at the Munich Conference? Sudentenland’s significance? How did Hitler’s inviation to Chamberlain, Daladier and Mussolini lead to the Munich Pact? How did the government of Czechoslovakia react to Hitler’s demands? How did the rest of Europe react to these demands? Who did Hitler sign an agreement with? Which countries said they would protect Poland?  What agreement did Hitler and Stalin make? What did they secretly plan to do? Why did Poland fall to the Germans so quickly? What caused Britain and France to declare war? Who did they declare war against? What was the phony war? Italy:  Ethiopia/Abyssinia; Spanish Civil War, Albania Japan Manchuria, Second Sino-Japanese War The West     Kellog Briand Pact, Failed League of Nations, Policy of Appeasement What is the significance of Chamberlain’s quote: “peace in our time.” Why did the world’s democracies fail to stop the aggressions? Leader of WWII Chamberlain, Churchill, De Gaulle, Roosevelt, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito Axis Advance: Europe and the Pacific       Blitzkrieg, Phony War, Luftwaffe, RAF, Dunkirk, Free French, Vichy France, Operation Sea Lion and the Battle of Britain, Axis controlled Europe, Axis control of North Africa, Operation Barbarossa What happened in France after Hitler’s invasions? Who were the Free French? What was Vichy France? Where did de Gaulle go when Hitler invaded France? Why did Germany lose the Battle of Britain? What countries did Hitler invade? Draw a small map (or study your map) to make sure you understand where these countries are and in what order they were invaded. What did the Red Army do to keep supplies out of Germany hands? What happened to the people in Leningrad after the Germans surrounded the city? What helped the Soviets keep the Germans out of Moscow?  What was the US’s reaction to the outbreak of war? Isolationism? Lend-lease? Atlantic Charter? Holocaust  What are the stages of the Holocaust?        Japan  What two things did Hitler blame on the Jewish Germans? What were the Nuremberg Laws? What did Hitler force the Jewish people to wear? What triggered Kritallnacht? Where did Jewish refugees go? What was the purpose of a ghetto? What was it like to live in one? What other groups did Hitler attack? What happened to the Jewish population in Poland when the Nazis invaded? What was it like to be a prisoner in a work camp? Who were the Einsatzgruppen? When they proved to be too slow, what steps Hitler take to exterminate the Jews in Europe? What was the “final solution?” When did the mass extermination begin? Significance of Auschwitz? How did Jews and non-Jews resist the Holocaust? How did foreign diplomats try to save Jews? Drive for empire What was Manchuria rich in? When did Japan seize Manchuria? What happened to the city of Nanjing? Conflict with the United States- how did the US create an enemy with Japan? Pearl Harbor attack; Japanese drive for empire in Pacific- extent of Japanese control continued atrocities: Japanese taking Philippines from US- Bataan Death March (review map) Turning the Tide to Victory: Europe            1942 Turning Points:, El Alamein, Stalingrad What effect did bombings have on the daily life of people throughout Europe? D-Day/Operation Overlord, Eisenhower Battle of the Bulge; Allied air assault; V-E Day When the war ended, did the misery end? Why or why not? Turning the Tide to Victory: Pacific 1942 Turning Points: Midway (review map!) US strategy: Island hopping Hiroshima, Nagasaki