Exam 17: The Second World War

General Franco's Nationalist Movement:

Which of the following nations saw the spread of popular acts of passive resistance and the covert evacuation of its Jewish population after Nazi occupation?

Once Hitler had pieced together an empire that stretched across Europe,he declared:

The siege of Leningrad was important not only for its display of Russian tenacity in their ability to hold out for 844 days of battle,but also for turning many of Germany's former allies in the Ukraine against the Nazis in reaction to this effort of "pacification."

The effect of the Nazi concentration camps was to render their inmates numb and incapacitated,making them acquiesce to a slow death.Proof of this is found in the complete lack of rebellions in any camp.

In what ways was the war between Germany and Russia a war of racial hatred?

The first troops to enter and occupy Berlin at the end of the war were:

To what does the term Untermenschen refer?

Long-term failure of post-World War I pacts included all except:

Japan's actions in the Pacific,which led to conflict with the Allies in the Second World War,began with its efforts to establish what Japan referred to as a(n):

How did the United States acquire the atomic bomb before the Germans?

The presence of a British army's near capture of Tunisia forced Germany to intervene by creating an elite armed force called the Afrika Korps led by Germany's most daring tank commander,Erwin Rommel.

The Allies launched a successful attack on the Germans in December 1944 that broke the German lines and nearly ended the war,an attack known as the Battle of the Bulge.