A Second Global Conflict and the end of the European Global Order
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Walker AP World History Ch 30Reading Study Guide #1 P. 706-719
1. Why did Sukarno and other local Asian leaders denounce the Dutch and other Europeans?
2. How did the Japanese present themselves as they conquered territories in Asia? How did they rule?
3. How was Sukarno able to outwit his Japanese handlers?
4. When did Japan invade Manchuria?____ 5. What were the years of the Spanish Civil War?_____
6. When was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor/German invasion of the USSR?_____
7. What year did the war end in both Europe and the Pacific/1st use of atomic weapons?_____
8.Why did the Japanese wish to invade Manchuria?
9. What promises did Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist party make to German voters?
10. What steps did Hitler take to ‘dismantle’ the Treaty of Versailles and other post WWI agreements?
11. Why did Hitler and Mussolini intervene in the Spanish Civil War? Did they get what they wanted?
12. How did Winston Churchill differ from the prevailing diplomatic view in Europe in the 1920-30s?
13. Describe the aggressive moves made by Japan in the late 1930s.
14. What atrocities were committed by Japanese forces in China? (Figure 30.2)
15. In depth: Total WarHow did the experience of total war affect social & political patterns after WWII?
16. Why did Hitler invade the USSR?
17. How did the German armies become ‘bogged down’ in Eastern Europe?
18. Describe Blitzkrieg warfare tactics in a sentence or two. What does the term ‘Blitzkreig’ mean?
19. What was ‘Vichy’ France?
20. What was the Battle of Britain? How did the British ‘win’ this ‘battle’?
21. What was the goal of the amazing German tank commander Erwin Rommel in North Africa?
22. What was the size of Hitler’s USSR invasion force? Where was it stopped?
23. Why do you think the Battle of Stalingrad is considered by most historians to be the turning point in the Eastern European theater of WWII?
24. Where was the ‘final solution’ planned? When? Who did it include?
25. Why was this operation irrational even from the strict military perspective?
26. How many people died in the Holocaust? How many were Jews?
27. How did Mussolini fall from power in Italy?
28. What was the Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Woods)?
29. How & when did Hitler’s regime come to an end? (Ending WWII in Europe within a matter of weeks)
30. Describe Japans aggressive activities before the attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941.
31. Why was the Japanese Empire vulnerable to allied attack?
32. What two naval battles marked a turning point in Japan’s superiority in the Pacific?
33. How many Japanese were killed in the US firebombing of Tokyo?
34. How was WWII in the Pacific finally brought to an end?
35. What was the only condition the Japanese were allowed upon surrender?
AppeasementGerman troops in Paris
Pearl HarborEastern Front
Battle of BritainThe Holocaust
Normandy InvasionTotal War- Bombing of Civilian Targets
Meeting of the Allied PowersUS Uses Atomic Bomb in Japan
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