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21 Cards in this Set
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Who was an early supporter of strategic bombing and the military superiority of Air Forces?
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General Giulio Douhet
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Who argued that command of an ememy's air space and subsequent bombing of industrialized centers would be so disruptive and destructive that pressure for peace would be overwhelming?
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General Giulio Douhet
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Who was the Fuhrer (leader) of the German National Socialist party?
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Adolf Hitler
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What did Hitler promise the German people?
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that he would overturn the Versailles Treaty and secure additional Lebensraum (living space)
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When did the depression hit Germany?
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early 1930's
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When did Hitler become the German chancellor?
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1933
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How was the new German Army and "Blitzkrieg" different from the rest of the world?
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while other countries were disarming, they were preparing for war
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When did WWII begin and who was the aggressor?
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WWII began in 1930, Germany was the aggressor - later joined in 1940 by Italy and in Dec 1941 by Japan.
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What did the war start out based on and later become reliant on?
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the war began based on military technical tactics and blitzkriegs and later became a war reliant on industry and mass production
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When did Germany first invade Poland and by what tactic?
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1 SEP 1939 executing its first "Blitzkrieg" (lightning attack)
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Which new technologies and tactics did the German Army employ to win victories in the west against unprepared and ill-equipped Armies?
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highly trained parachute troops tog et behind enemy lines, stuka (airplanes) for close air support, tanks to shock the enemy, used surprise as a psychological weapona nd boosted the morale of their troops with lightning fast advances
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Who was the Sutenland province of Czechoslovakia largely populated by?
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ethnic Germans
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At the Munich Conference in Sep 1938, what area did Great Britain and France agree to allow Germany to annex (occupy)?
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Sudetenland province of Czech
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What cost Czechoslovakia its fortifications and most of its industry?
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the Annexation on 6 Oct 1938
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When did the Czech president (Emil Hacha) sign over control on Czechlovakia to Germany with no need for war?
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15 March 1939, coerced by pressures and trhreats
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The Britisha nd French policy towards Hitler's Germany was simply _______.
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appeasement
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When did France and Great Britain declare war on Germany?
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3 Sep 1939
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Who did Hitler turn his attention too following the successful invasions of Denmark and Norway in April 1940?
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France, Holland and Belgium.
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In which operation did a total of 693 ships bring 338,226 people back Britain and all heavy equipment was abandoned and left in France?
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Operation Dynamo.
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Which amphibious and air plan operation designed to destroy British industry was never carried out?
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Operation Sea Lion.
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When did Hitler sign a non aggression pact with the USSR?
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1939
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