History Exam Year 10

Treaty of Versailles(Brat) 1919

Blame - Germany

Reparations - Germany had to pay £6,600 million for the damage done during the war.

Army - Germany was forbidden to have submarines or an air force and also Germany was not allowed to place any troops in the Rhineland

Territory - Germany lost Territory (land) in Europe. Germany's colonies were given to Britain and France.

Great Depression (1930)

the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash economic problems in Italy & Germany; people blame democracy, capitalism, communism & even Jewish people.

Weimar Germany

Democratic government in Germany, faced problems with inflation and unemployment

Facism

far-right form of government in which most of the country's power is held by 1 ruler or a small group, under a single party. Usually totalitarian & authoritarian one-party states.

Untermenschen

"under people"; word used by Nazi racial ideology to describe "inferior people", especially (Jews).

Nazism

socio-political ideology & practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

Propaganda

Propaganda is biased information designed to shape public opinion and behavior. Racial superiority and lebensraum (living space)

Rise of Hitler and Nazis 3 stages

1. Revolutionary Stage (1919- 1924)

2. Parliamentary Stage(1924 - 1933)

3. Legal Stage (1933 - 1945)

Reason for Appeasement

Must not Repeat War

Hitler is Right and treaty is unfair

Britain was not ready for another war

What Appeasement exactly did happen?

Hitler and the Nazis broke terms of the treaty of versailles slowly. Britain had let it pass by as they wanted to avoid conflict

Remilitarisation

Germany began to rearm and had militarized rhineland in 1936

Anschluss

Union of Austria and Germany in 1938

Munich Agreement

Sudetenland = German speaking area of Czechoslovakia on German border. Hitler wanted to invade and unite with them like austria. Munich Agreement held to formalise the handover of the Sudetenland to Germany. This was the end of appeasement for germany.

Invasion of Poland

Germany invaded, breaking their agreement, so Britain and France declared war, starting World War II

Blitzkreig

"Lighting Wars" type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against :

Poland (September 1939).

Denmark (April 1940).

Norway (April 1940).

Belgium (May 1940).

The Netherlands (May 1940).

Luxembourg (May 1940).

France (May 1940).

Yugoslavia (April 1941).

Greece (April 1941).

Why did the Japanese expand?

Japanese expanded because of small land, they wanted to racial equality, inspired by past wars in europe and they were facing a economic crisis.

Pearl harbour

it was a surprise military strike by Japan against the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. This event was a major turning point in World War II, drawing the United States into the global conflict.

Fall of Singapore

it was in 1942 was a significant defeat for the British Empire as their navy got destroyed and Australia relied on the british.

It brought out america as a new ally as uk could not live up to the standards

Bombing of Darwin

Darwin was bombed many times from japan

The Home Front

The name given to the part of war that was not actively involved in the fighting but which was vital to it.

POW's

prisoners of war, Over 22 000 Australians became POWs of the Japanese. They faced bad conditions such as Imprisonment.

Forced labour. Death marches, brutality, malnutrition. Executions and set to camps all over asia.

Kokada

Australian volunteer militia forces were sent to Papua New Guinea (Harsh trail) to confront the advancing Japanese forces.

Mostly 18- to 19-year-olds. Barely trained. 1st lost of japan.

End of war in germany

USSR forces approaching from the East.

Allied forces approaching from the West.

30 April 1945: Hitler's suicide.

7 May 1945: Germany surrenders.

Germany occupied by the Allies.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Two Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs to end World War II.