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Focus Question: How did democratic weakness and fascist
boldness lead to WWII? |
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What were Hitler's political goals? What was the reaction
of the West when Hitler announced rearmament of Germany? Why were
Britain and France unable to object too strenuously? What was the
chief concern of the British? What event led to the collapse of the
Stresa Front? Why did Italy attack Ethiopia in 1935?
What was the British and French reaction of Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia?
Why did the British and French not prevent Hitler's remilitarization of
the Rhineland? What do you think was the chief consequence of the
German military reoccupation of the Rhineland? On what premise was
the principle of appeasement based? Why did many support this policy? What prompted the outbreak of the
Spanish Civil War? Which country supported the republican forces
and which countries supported the Falangists? Who formed the anti-comintern
Pact and what was its purpose? Who won the war, and when? |
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Focus Question: How did German territorial "expansion" finally
convince Britain and France to resist? |
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What political change allowed Hitler to invade Austria? How did the Anschluss change the strategic position of Czechoslovakia? What motives
"belief" guided British action at the Munich Conference? What event discredited
appeasement in the eyes of the British people? Why didn't Hitler
expect to fight a war with Britain and France over Poland? Why were the
British and French hesitant to form an alliance with Russia to aid Poland?
Why was Russia hesitant to side with the Western powers against Germany?
What were the secret provisions of the Nazi-Soviet Pact? What
impact did the Nazi-Soviet pact have on Poland? |
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Focus Question: How did Nazi Germany succeed in overwhelming Europe in the early years of WWII? |
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Where did Hitler's armies strike first? What was the reaction of the western powers? How did Hitler defeat the Maginot Line? After the fall of France what did Hiter expect of Britain? Why did Germany abandon the idea of invading Britain? Why did Germany fail to take Moscow in 1941, and how did the nature of the war change afterwards? What was Hitler's solution of the "Jewish problem?" How many Jews died in the Holocaust? |
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Focus Question: When and how do the Allies the defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan? |
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When and why does American enter the war? When did the tide of battle turn in the Pacific? When and why was Mussolini driven from power? What marked a turning point in the Russian campaign? When did the British and USA begin their strategic bombing of Germany? When did the war end, and which army took Berlin? What was "island hopping"? Why did the Americans decide to drop the atomic bomb? Who decided that Japan must surrender, and what condition did Japan place on their surrender? How many deaths were either directly or indirectly attributed to the war? |