Rockridge Social Studies
the history place
World War Two Review
Benito Mussolini
Sqaudristi or "Black Shirts"
"March on Rome"
King Victor Emmanuel III
Corporate State
Totalitarianism
Fascism
Fasces
Communism
Lateran Pacts
Beer Hall Putsch
Ludendorff
Mein Kampf
Sturm Abteilung (SA) or "Brown Shirts"
Gestapo (SD)
Schutzstaffel (SS)
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Ernst Roehm
Marinus Van der Lubbe
Reichstag
Decree for the Protection of the People
Spanish Civil War
Francisco Franco
Non-intervention Committee
Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade
Appeasement
Rhineland
Anschluss
Munich Agreement
Sudetenland
Crystal Night
S.S. St. Louis
Pact of Friendship
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Conscription
Treaty of Mutual Assistance
Blitzkrieg
Operation Yellow
Hyperinflation
Admiral Doenitz
Radar
Sonar
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Gulf Leyte
Dieppe Raid
Battle of the Atlantic
Wolf Packs
Convoy
Corvettes
Canadian Merchant Navy
Marshall "Bomber" Harris
Ortona
D-Day
Mulberry
Gooseberry
Juno
V1 Rockets (Buzz Bombs)
Charles De Gaulle
Island Hopping
Battle of the Bulge
Divine Wind
Manhattan Project
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Enola Gay
Nuremberg Trial
Holocaust
Pearl Harbour
Joseph Stalin
Final Solution
Vichy France
National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA)
Battle of Britain
Operation Eagle
Operation Sea Lion
C. D. Howe
Total War
Japanese Internment
Operation Barbarosa
Luftwaffe
War Measures Act
Phony War
Dunkirk
Allies / Axis Power
Kitchen Brigades / Fat Parades
Concepts to Understand
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Outline the majors steps of Mussolini's rise to power.
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What caused the German people to be so resentful during the early 1920s?
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What group and tactics did Hitler rely on to gain influence and support during the 1920s?
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Understand how Hitler went from having legitimate political seats in the Reichstag to having total dictatorial control over Germany.
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How was the Spanish Civil War significant on the world stage leading up to World War Two?
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Understand why the policy of appeasement didn't work for the Allies.
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How much territory did Hitler acquire before the Allies formerly declared war?
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Why was the German military so successful during the early stages of the war?
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Why was Germany unable to defeat Britain?
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Why did Hitler "need" Lebensraum?
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What were the major reasons for Germany's eventual failure in Russia?
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Account for Japan's initial success in the Pacific?
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Why was Japan unable to overcome the United States?
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Why was the Dieppe Raid a debacle? Provide at least 3 major reasons.
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For what major future battle was Dieppe a learning experience?
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If the battles in the Pacific Ocean were naval battles between the United States and Japan for naval sumprecy, what was the Battle of the Atlantic about?
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What battle effectively ended Japan's ability to wage a naval war?
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Why was America so concerned about quickening Japan's surrender? What was it fearful of?