The class will be having a test on the first part of World War Two at the start of next week (Monday or Tuesday). Use the questions listed below to study for the test.
1. How did Hitler’s rise to power and takeover of
Germany mirror Mussolini’s rise to power and takeover of Italy?
2. How did the German invasion of
France in the spring of 1940 show that the French and Germans had learned
different lessons about how to wage war from their experiences in World War
One?
3. How did the brutality of the
Nazi-Soviet war on the Eastern Front demonstrate Hitler’s plans for German
“living space” and Stalin’s ruthlessness in defending the Soviet Union at all
costs?
4. How did Hitler use
international agreements (treaties) to take land and divide his enemies?
5. How did Nazi ideology and goals
result in German war crimes in the war with the Soviet Union?
6. How did the French and
British policy of not standing up to Nazi aggression allow Germany to conquer
Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland?
7. How was Hitler’s takeover of
Austria and Czechoslovakia based on apparently reasonable demands that took
advantage of England and France’s desire to avoid war?
8. How did Nazi policies
towards the Jews first separate Jews from German society and then force them
from Germany?
