Exam 26: The Second World War

When Germany invaded Russia,following the front-line troops into the country were military squads charged with dealing with undesirable individuals among the conquered peoples.These squads were called:

Use of the bomb established a new relationship between science and political power.

The decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was taken by President Harry S Truman:

Having defeated the French the previous year,in 1941,Hitler turned his attention to:

The turning point in the war in Europe came when the Allies began launching offensives against the Germans beginning after the battle of:

Where and when did the Western Allies formally open a "second front" against the Axis in Europe?

The Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland on:

Hitler turned his attention to Russia in large part because fighting England's R.A.F.proved to be too costly and resulted in a stalemate rather than a quick victory.

The Soviet Union and Britain invaded a neutral country,_________,in 1941 to prevent Germany from seizing a valuable war resource.

When the war in the West finally did begin in 1940,the Germans nearly destroyed the combined British and French armies,but a great number of the British and French soldiers escaped in a massive evacuation from:

How did Stalin respond to the settlement at Munich?

Use of the atomic bomb was considered necessary by both senior military and naval commanders who realized Japan would never surrender.

During the mid-1930s,the Spanish Civil War provided a testing ground for opposing forces in Europe,with the Soviet Union backing the republican government and Nazi Germany backing:

The Second World War began in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked the United States at:

After the war,many former colonies found themselves worse off than before,having lost troops and supplies in the support of their colonial powers,and were more dependent than ever on their colonial overlords.

What factors combined to save Britain from the same fate as the rest of Europe in 1941?

Early in the war,the British in North Africa,though outnumbered,not only resisted the Italian move against Egypt,but very nearly captured the Italian colony of Libya before being thrown back by the Germans,commanded by:

Soon after coming to power,the Nazis adopted a policy of Rassenkampf,which dealt with:

The Nazis had little trouble in carrying out their program of extermination of the Jews in Europe since most people in Europe at the time:

The strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific campaign consisted of attacking strategic Japanese bases while bypassing some units of the Japanese army and navy,and it was referred to as: