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Focus Question: How did the belligerent Powers confront the challenges of the War? |
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What had Hitler expected by using blitzkrieg? What prompted Germany to mobilize for total war in 1942? How
did Hitler meet his material and manpower shortages? What role did Hitler assign women in the war effort? On what had the Nazi blamed the defeat in WWI? What purposes did the propaganda movies serve? How successful was the propaganda? What type of
government was Vichy France? Why had the Vichy government cooperated with the Germans? What percentage of Frenchmen joined the resistance? When did an active French resistance begin to assert itself?
When did British production surpass Germany's? Who lost more people
to bombing, the British or the Germans? What role did the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) play in the war effort? In Britain, how was the standard of living affected by the war? Why was the Labour Government
supported in Britain after the war? How did the Russian government
portray the war? What measures did Stalin undertake to encourage Russians in the war? What did Stalin fear the peasants' might do, if given the chance? |
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Focus Question: How did the Allies and Russia plan for the peace? |
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Why were the Soviet Union and the western allies fundamentally at odds? How did they manage to cooperate? What factors ultimately dashed Roosevelt's hopes for continued cooperation with the Soviet Union? In October 1943, what fundamental commitment did the Allies make to each other? What was decided at the Allied meetings in Tehran,
Yalta and Potsdam? What was Stalin’s main goal? What was his
main fear? Why was Roosevelt willing to compromise in a manner similar
to Wilson in WWI? How had the democracies contributed to the outbreak
of WWII? |