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KilarGlobalWW2-4
Kilar World War II study guide Part 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Military purges under Stalin | Had many top level members of the military purged and executed before Nazi invasion |
| Alfonso XIII | King of Spain from 1886-1931; was not a competant ruler; fled the country |
| General Miguel Primo de Rivera | Spanish general who took control of government in 1923; ended up resigning in 1930 when he lost the support of military |
| Republican Spain wasn't supported by | Wealthy land owners and Catholic Church |
| Why wealthy land owners and Church didn't support Republican Spain | Didn't like new taxes, land reform, or seperation of church and state |
| General Francisco Franco got into the spotlight when | He crushed a leftist uprising in Spain |
| Popular Front | A group set up to protect republican Spain from fascist paramilitary forces who wanted to overthrow government |
| Military coup in Spain was helped by | German aircraft |
| Groups fightingin in the Spanish Civil War (6) | republicans, socialists, communists, anarchists, monarchists and fascists. |
| Nationalists in Spain railed under what leader? | Franco |
| Bad guys in Spanish Civil War | Everyone committed atrocities |
| Author of Homage to Catalonia who fought in Spanish Civil War | George Orwell |
| Author of For Whom The Bell Tolls who fought in Spanish Civil War | Ernest Hemingway |
| Military supported what group in Spanish Civil War? | Nationalists/fascists |
| Republican Spain asked for help from who? | Britain, France, and America, but they refused Soviet Union, they sent some assistance |
| Nationalists got help in Spanish Civil War from who? | Italy and Germany |
| Spanish artist who painted Guernico after he saw the destruction of the city | Pablo Picasso |
| Who won Spanish Civil War? | Franco and the nationalists/fascists |
| How were fascists in Spain different than other fascists? | They didn't believe in territorial expansion |
| Who supported Franco? | Military, wealthy land owners, Catholic Church |
| Hitler and Stalin signed what? | Nonaggression pact |
| Germany's ally in Asia | Japan |
| Manchuria | Area in northern China conquered by Japan |
| Manchukuo | Puppet government set up in northern China by Japan; ruled by Emperor Pu-Yi |
| Pu-Yi | Last emperor of China; "ruled" Manchukuo under the direction of the Japanese |
| Oil and rubber embargoes | America and Britain embargoed oil and rubber to stop the Japanese from continuing their expansion |
| Neville Chamberlain | Prime Minister of Britain who believed that appeasing Hitler would avoid war |
| Why Chamberlain was afraid of Japan | Thought he if declared war on Germany, Japan would declare war on them and threaten colonies in Asia |
| Austrian reaction to German invasion | Most Austrians were happy, but 700,000 people were arrested and many Jews beaten up in streets |
| Why Hitler said he invaded Czechoslovakia | To "protect" German speakers there |
| Munich Conference | Britain, France, and Germany decided to carve up Czechoslovakia without the consent of the Czechs |
| "Peace in our time" | Neville Chamberlain's declaration after the Munich Conference, believing that Hitler would stop his aggression |
| Maginot Line | Fortifications built on French border to prepare for eventual war with Germany |
| Hitler broke Munich Conference agreement by | Invading Czechoslovakia |
| Britain's Poland guarentee | Britain told Hitler that if Germany invaded Poland, Britain would declare war |
| Winston Churchill on appeasement | He hated it; he did not think Hitler would stop |
| German attack on Poland | Germany invaded Poland; Britain and France declare war; Poland conquered in less than a month |
| Soviet attack on Poland | Soviets attack Poland after Germans and take the part Hitler and Stalin agreed upon |
| blitzkrieg | German term meaning "lightning war" -- German air force (Luftwaffe) would attack an area and then ground troops would come and complete conquest |
| Soviet Union and Finland | Red Army invades Finland; Finland tries to resist unti help can come |
| Winston Churchill's new job | Churchill becomes prime minister after Germany attacks Netherlands, Belgium, and France on the same day. |
| Dunkirk evacuation | French and British troops driven back to French coast by Germans; British civilians and navy evacuate over 300,000 troops back to England in a morale booster |
| Battle of Britain | Air battle over Britain between Luftwaffe and Royal Air Force that was supposed to be the beginning of a German invasion of the island; after fierce resistance from the RAF Hitler decided not to invade |
| Land-Lease Act | Act passed by U.S. Congress to "lend" ships and other wartime supplies to Britain |
| Why did British public accept price controls, rationing, conscription, and higher taxes? | They understood that if they did not win the war, Britain could be conquered |
| Military codes | Britain learned early on to crack Germany's |
| Military purges under Stalin | Had many top level members of the military purged and executed before Nazi invasion |
| Alfonso XIII | King of Spain from 1886-1931; was not a competant ruler; fled the country |
| General Miguel Primo de Rivera | Spanish general who took control of government in 1923; ended up resigning in 1930 when he lost the support of military |
| Republican Spain wasn't supported by | Wealthy land owners and Catholic Church |
| Why wealthy land owners and Church didn't support Republican Spain | Didn't like new taxes, land reform, or seperation of church and state |
| General Francisco Franco got into the spotlight when | He crushed a leftist uprising in Spain |
| Popular Front | A group set up to protect republican Spain from fascist paramilitary forces who wanted to overthrow government |
| Military coup in Spain was helped by | German aircraft |
| Groups fightingin in the Spanish Civil War (6) | republicans, socialists, communists, anarchists, monarchists and fascists. |
| Nationalists in Spain railed under what leader? | Franco |
| Bad guys in Spanish Civil War | Everyone committed atrocities |
| Author of Homage to Catalonia who fought in Spanish Civil War | George Orwell |
| Author of For Whom The Bell Tolls who fought in Spanish Civil War | Ernest Hemingway |
| Military supported what group in Spanish Civil War? | Nationalists/fascists |
| Republican Spain asked for help from who? | Britain, France, and America, but they refused Soviet Union, they sent some assistance |
| Nationalists got help in Spanish Civil War from who? | Italy and Germany |
| Spanish artist who painted Guernico after he saw the destruction of the city | Pablo Picasso |
| Who won Spanish Civil War? | Franco and the nationalists/fascists |
| How were fascists in Spain different than other fascists? | They didn't believe in territorial expansion |
| Who supported Franco? | Military, wealthy land owners, Catholic Church |
| Hitler and Stalin signed what? | Nonaggression pact |
| Germany's ally in Asia | Japan |
| Manchuria | Area in northern China conquered by Japan |
| Manchukuo | Puppet government set up in northern China by Japan; ruled by Emperor Pu-Yi |
| Pu-Yi | Last emperor of China; "ruled" Manchukuo under the direction of the Japanese |
| Oil and rubber embargoes | America and Britain embargoed oil and rubber to stop the Japanese from continuing their expansion |
| Neville Chamberlain | Prime Minister of Britain who believed that appeasing Hitler would avoid war |
| Why Chamberlain was afraid of Japan | Thought he if declared war on Germany, Japan would declare war on them and threaten colonies in Asia |
| Austrian reaction to German invasion | Most Austrians were happy, but 700,000 people were arrested and many Jews beaten up in streets |
| Why Hitler said he invaded Czechoslovakia | To "protect" German speakers there |
| Munich Conference | Britain, France, and Germany decided to carve up Czechoslovakia without the consent of the Czechs |
| "Peace in our time" | Neville Chamberlain's declaration after the Munich Conference, believing that Hitler would stop his aggression |
| Maginot Line | Fortifications built on French border to prepare for eventual war with Germany |
| Hitler broke Munich Conference agreement by | Invading Czechoslovakia |
| Britain's Poland guarentee | Britain told Hitler that if Germany invaded Poland, Britain would declare war |
| Winston Churchill on appeasement | He hated it; he did not think Hitler would stop |
| German attack on Poland | Germany invaded Poland; Britain and France declare war; Poland conquered in less than a month |
| Soviet attack on Poland | Soviets attack Poland after Germans and take the part Hitler and Stalin agreed upon |
| blitzkrieg | German term meaning "lightning war" -- German air force (Luftwaffe) would attack an area and then ground troops would come and complete conquest |
| Soviet Union and Finland | Red Army invades Finland; Finland tries to resist unti help can come |
| Winston Churchill's new job | Churchill becomes prime minister after Germany attacks Netherlands, Belgium, and France on the same day. |
| Dunkirk evacuation | French and British troops driven back to French coast by Germans; British civilians and navy evacuate over 300,000 troops back to England in a morale booster |
| Battle of Britain | Air battle over Britain between Luftwaffe and Royal Air Force that was supposed to be the beginning of a German invasion of the island; after fierce resistance from the RAF Hitler decided not to invade |
| Land-Lease Act | Act passed by U.S. Congress to "lend" ships and other wartime supplies to Britain |
| Why did British public accept price controls, rationing, conscription, and higher taxes? | They understood that if they did not win the war, Britain could be conquered |
| Military codes | Britain learned early on to crack Germany's |
| Military purges under Stalin | Had many top level members of the military purged and executed before Nazi invasion |
| Alfonso XIII | King of Spain from 1886-1931; was not a competant ruler; fled the country |
| General Miguel Primo de Rivera | Spanish general who took control of government in 1923; ended up resigning in 1930 when he lost the support of military |
| Republican Spain wasn't supported by | Wealthy land owners and Catholic Church |
| Why wealthy land owners and Church didn't support Republican Spain | Didn't like new taxes, land reform, or seperation of church and state |
| General Francisco Franco got into the spotlight when | He crushed a leftist uprising in Spain |
| Popular Front | A group set up to protect republican Spain from fascist paramilitary forces who wanted to overthrow government |
| Military coup in Spain was helped by | German aircraft |
| Groups fightingin in the Spanish Civil War (6) | republicans, socialists, communists, anarchists, monarchists and fascists. |
| Nationalists in Spain railed under what leader? | Franco |
| Bad guys in Spanish Civil War | Everyone committed atrocities |
| Author of Homage to Catalonia who fought in Spanish Civil War | George Orwell |
| Author of For Whom The Bell Tolls who fought in Spanish Civil War | Ernest Hemingway |
| Military supported what group in Spanish Civil War? | Nationalists/fascists |
| Republican Spain asked for help from who? | Britain, France, and America, but they refused Soviet Union, they sent some assistance |
| Nationalists got help in Spanish Civil War from who? | Italy and Germany |
| Spanish artist who painted Guernico after he saw the destruction of the city | Pablo Picasso |
| Who won Spanish Civil War? | Franco and the nationalists/fascists |
| How were fascists in Spain different than other fascists? | They didn't believe in territorial expansion |
| Who supported Franco? | Military, wealthy land owners, Catholic Church |
| Hitler and Stalin signed what? | Nonaggression pact |
| Germany's ally in Asia | Japan |
| Manchuria | Area in northern China conquered by Japan |
| Manchukuo | Puppet government set up in northern China by Japan; ruled by Emperor Pu-Yi |
| Pu-Yi | Last emperor of China; "ruled" Manchukuo under the direction of the Japanese |
| Oil and rubber embargoes | America and Britain embargoed oil and rubber to stop the Japanese from continuing their expansion |
| Neville Chamberlain | Prime Minister of Britain who believed that appeasing Hitler would avoid war |
| Why Chamberlain was afraid of Japan | Thought he if declared war on Germany, Japan would declare war on them and threaten colonies in Asia |
| Austrian reaction to German invasion | Most Austrians were happy, but 700,000 people were arrested and many Jews beaten up in streets |
| Why Hitler said he invaded Czechoslovakia | To "protect" German speakers there |
| Munich Conference | Britain, France, and Germany decided to carve up Czechoslovakia without the consent of the Czechs |
| "Peace in our time" | Neville Chamberlain's declaration after the Munich Conference, believing that Hitler would stop his aggression |
| Maginot Line | Fortifications built on French border to prepare for eventual war with Germany |
| Hitler broke Munich Conference agreement by | Invading Czechoslovakia |
| Britain's Poland guarentee | Britain told Hitler that if Germany invaded Poland, Britain would declare war |
| Winston Churchill on appeasement | He hated it; he did not think Hitler would stop |
| German attack on Poland | Germany invaded Poland; Britain and France declare war; Poland conquered in less than a month |
| Soviet attack on Poland | Soviets attack Poland after Germans and take the part Hitler and Stalin agreed upon |
| blitzkrieg | German term meaning "lightning war" -- German air force (Luftwaffe) would attack an area and then ground troops would come and complete conquest |
| Soviet Union and Finland | Red Army invades Finland; Finland tries to resist unti help can come |
| Winston Churchill's new job | Churchill becomes prime minister after Germany attacks Netherlands, Belgium, and France on the same day. |
| Dunkirk evacuation | French and British troops driven back to French coast by Germans; British civilians and navy evacuate over 300,000 troops back to England in a morale booster |
| Battle of Britain | Air battle over Britain between Luftwaffe and Royal Air Force that was supposed to be the beginning of a German invasion of the island; after fierce resistance from the RAF Hitler decided not to invade |
| Land-Lease Act | Act passed by U.S. Congress to "lend" ships and other wartime supplies to Britain |
| Why did British public accept price controls, rationing, conscription, and higher taxes? | They understood that if they did not win the war, Britain could be conquered |
| Military codes | Britain learned early on to crack Germany's secret code and could listen in on their military plans |
| Tripartite Pact | Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan resolving to come to each other's aid if one were attacked. |
| Why didn't Spain joined Tripartite Pact? | Franco said Spain was too poor and would remain neutral |
| Smaller nations that joined the Axis Powers in 1940 | Romania and Hungary |
| Mussolini's invasion of Egypt | Italians were pushed back |
| Mussolini's invasion of Greece | Mussolini bribed Greek military and govenrment not to resist his invasion, ordinary Greeks formed an army to fight back |
| Yugoslavia and the Axis | Yugoslavia refused to join the Axis; Germany responded by invading |
| Bulgaria | Joined the Axis and helped with occupation of Greece |
| Ethiopia and Hitler | British and French kicked Italians out of Ethiopia; Hitler had to send Germans to fight them |
| Hitler's invasion of Soviet Union | Hitler broke his nonaggression pact with Stalin with a surprise attack on the Soviet Union |
| Operation Barbarossa | Hitler's surprise attack on Soviet Union; Germans believed they could knock Soviets out of the war quickly |
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