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Chapter 27: The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II; Spielvogel, 771-801
Prelude to War (1933-1939), 771-777
1. Trace the steps toward World War II. What happened on each for the following dates?
March 9, 1935
June 18, 1935
March 7, 1936
October 1935
October 1936
November 1936
March 13, 1938
September 29, 1938
March 15, 1939
August 23, 1939
September 1, 1939
September 3 1939?
2. Compare and contrast the two interpretations by Churchill and Chamberlain of the Munich agreement.
At that moment in history, which sounded the more plausible? Explain. (Page 777)
Similarities
Differences
More plausible?
The Course of World War II pp. 776-779, 782-785
3. What was the Blitzkrieg? Why was it so successful?
4. How did Hitler and the Soviet Union deal with Poland?
5. What was the problem with the Maginot Line?
6. What countries were attacked on April 9, 1940 and then on May 10, 1940?
7. What happened at Dunkirk? Why could the war have ended quickly?
8. How was France partitioned? Who was in charge of the various parts of France?
9. Why did Mussolini enter the war on June 10, 1940?
10. How did Winston Churchill differ from Neville Chamberlain?
11. Map 27.1: What aspects of Czechoslovakia’s location would have made it difficult for France and
Britain to come directly to its aid in 1938?
12. What bombed civilian targets in the Battle of Britain? What was the goal and did the strategy work?
Why or why not?
13. Why was Hitler willing to attack the Soviet Union? What countries did he control or have their
cooperation prior to the attack? Why was that necessary?
14. What stopped the German’s advance further into the Soviet Union?
15. How did Japan’s attack on the United States change the direction of the war?
16. Which places were controlled by the Japanese as of 1933?
17. Why was it necessary by the 1930s for Japan to have an empire?
18. When did the war in Asia begin?
19. What was the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
20. How did the Japanese leadership miscalculate the Americans?
21. How did the Allies (Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union) overcome their mutual suspicions?
22. Who led the Germans in North Africa?
23. How did the war turn against the Germans in each of the following theaters of war?
North Africa
Stalingrad [Volgograd]
24. Why do you think Churchill referred to Italy as the “soft underbelly” of Europe
25. What happened to Mussolini and how did Hitler deal with the events happening in Italy in late 1943?
26. Why was the Normandy (D-Day) invasion so crucial the final Allied victory in Europe?
27. How did WWII end in Europe from the west and from the east?
The Nazi New Order, 785-794
28. What typically determined how the Germans dealt with various conquered peoples? Give a few
examples.
29. How did the Nazis deal with the Slavic people? Why?
30. What was Heinrich Himmler’s responsibility in the eastern territories?
31. How did the Nazis exploit conquered territories?
32. How did the Germans deal with labor shortages?
33. How did each of the following try to resist Nazi aggression?
Charles de Gaulle
Josip Broz (Yugo to Tito’s Tacos)
Women
34. Give three examples of how the Holocaust was well-planned and efficiently carried out.
A.
B.
C.
35. What was the role of the Einsatzgruppen?
36. Approximately how many Jews were killed by the Einsatzgruppen and why was this problematic for
the Nazis?
37. How did the Nazis solve the Jewish problem?
38. Map 27.4: Which region lost the largest number of Jews in the camps, and what helps explain this?
39. What other groups were singled out for death and persecution by the Nazis besides the Jews?
40. What difference in tone do you detect between the two Holocaust documents on page 791?
The Home Front, 791-797
41. How did the home front in the United States differ from Britain, the Soviet Union, and Germany?
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
42. What were some similarities in how governments coped with the war at home during World War I and
World War II?
The Years of Allied Victory, pp. 782-784, 794-797, 784-785: Complete the multiple choice questions and
primary source questions.
43. The Grand Alliance of World War II made its first goal the
a. defeat of Japan and Germany.
b. unconditional surrender of Germany.
c. liberation of African colonies taken by Germany.
d. liberation of Asian colonies taken by Japan.
44. The war in North Africa was best characterized by
a. the overwhelming superiority of Italian troops.
b. allied persistence after initial German victories.
c. strong German lines of supply that lengthened the conflict.
d. heavy fighting due to the importance of its rubber supply.
45. The turning point of the North African campaign came
a. at EI Alamein, where the British stopped Rommel in the summer of 1942.
b. when South African troops crossed the Sahara and overwhelmed Rommel.
c. when the free French revolted against the Vichy regime in Algeria.
d. when the Italians changed sides and joined the Allies in the fall of 1942.
46. The turning point in the war for Eastern Europe was the
a. German fiasco at Stalingrad.
b. German victory at Leningrad.
c. Russian victory at Kiev.
d. Russian fiasco outside Moscow.
47. American naval superiority in the Pacific was
a. never in question, even after Pearl Harbor.
b. precarious throughout and not achieved until the very end.
c. achieved beyond dispute by the Battle of Midway.
d. not a question because the Americans had no intentions of fighting a naval war.
48. Civilian bombing was carried out mainly to
a. reduce the number of people available to be drafted.
b. exact revenge on the enemy.
c. break the will of average people to resist.
d. satisfy the appetite of bloody leader for high death counts.
49. The official reason for dropping atomic bombs on Japan was
a. to punish Japan for the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
b. the testing of new weapons for later battles.
c. the shortage of explosive materials in the U.S. arsenal.
d. to save the American lives an invasion of Japan would incur.
50. The Allied advance through Italy was
a. extremely slow due to staunch Italian resistance.
b. extremely rapid with all of Italy taken by November 1943.
c. greatly aided by Soviet troops invading from the north.
d. quite slow due to an effective German defense.
51. Using the German soldier's diary on page 783, explain how and why the German army in Russia lost
heart. Why did this man not blame Der Fuhrer for the fiasco?
52. Use "The Bombing of Civilians" documents on page 794 to assess the extent to which the bombing of
each of the cities affected daily life.
The Aftermath of the War: The Emergence of the Cold War, 797-800
53. What war strategy was decided at the Tehran Conference? What was decided about postwar
Germany?
54. Give four agreements or promises made at Yalta in 1945. Why were they so controversial?
1)
2
3)
4)
55. Map 27.5: Which country gained the greatest territory at the expense of Germany?
56. How and why does it seem the tone of the conferences changed between Yalta and Potsdam?
Consider pre-war perspectives from each side. Give several specific examples.
57. Show how the statements by Churchill and Stalin in March 1946 illustrate the mutual mistrust that
shaped the Cold War.