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ww2 impact germans
consequences of WW2 for german people
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| were germans affected by allied bombings much before 1942 | no |
| why were germans not affected much by allied bombings before 1942 | royal airforce aircrafts could not effectively strike germany |
| what changes that allows allies to begin bombing germany | USA joins the war 1941 |
| 2 german industrial areas are targeted by allied bombing | Ruhr + Rhineland |
| where in germany do the allies begin to target in 1942 | residential areas |
| statistic RE deaths by bombing in 1943 | Hamburg storm fire kills 30,000 in 1943 |
| statistic RE residential bombing in berlin Nov 1943 | 4000,000 residents are made homeless |
| how many houses in berlin were uninhabitable by the end of the war | 1/3 |
| estimate of how many were killed by allied bombing in WW2 | 350,000-42,000 |
| what german public infrastructure was almost destroyed by end of 1944 | german national railway |
| what positive impact did allied bombing have on german people | brought them together |
| what was nazi policy RE the home front early in WW2 | avoid burdening the home front |
| why was nazi policy in early WW2 to avoid burdening the home front | fear of social unrest like in 1918 |
| items that were not accessible at the start of war | coffee + chocolate |
| why was coffee not available in germany during the war | it was imported |
| was ration stamp theft a crime | yes |
| what was the punishment for ration stamp theft | time in a concentration camp |
| 3 items that had eratz (substitutes) made of them in germany | meat, fish, coffee |
| when are meat, fat and bread rations reduced | april 1942 |
| why are bread, fat and meat rations reduced in april 1942 | war had turned against germany |
| who got extra rations | physical labourers |
| who got reduced rations | foreign labourers |
| who got starvations rations | jews |
| who was in charge of maintaining morale and support for the war | Joseph Goebbels |
| what did Goebbels do RE morale and the press during the war | made sure no negative press was printed |
| example of goebbels enforcing press censorship during the war | 1943 frankfurter zeitung prints negative press and is shut down |
| 3 practical things did propaganda encourage between 1941-42 | save fuel, provide soldiers with clothes, work harder |
| when did the effect of goebbels propaganda reduce | 1942 |
| why did the effect of goebbels propaganda reduce in 1942 | war turned against germany |
| what propaganda exhibit was displayed in 1942 | anti-communist, anti-semitic soviet paradise exhibit |
| what happened to the soviet paradise propaganda exhibit in 1942 | burned down by jewish communist group |
| who were nazis reluctant to include in their factory workforce | women |
| how many women were called to join the workforce in 1943 | 3 million |
| how many women joined the workforce in 1943 | 1 million |
| how much of all labour was employed in war production by 1943 | 61 percent |
| which demographic did nazis rely on for labour | foreign workers and prisoners of war |
| how many foreign workers were in the german workforce by 1944 | 8 million |
| what percentage of the german workforce was made up of foreign workers by end of war | 20 percent |
| what was established to increase foreign labour production | work camps |
| how many soviet prisoners were kept in work camps in the east | 3 million |
| is the german workforce facing a labour shortage when the soviets invade in 1944 | yes |
| what does germany do to combat labour shortage by 1944 | use hitler youth in factories |
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