WWII

• 1. Why did Germany conquer Europe so quickly?

  • they used the blitzkrieg, which was the tactic of combining quick movement of troops, tanks, and massive use of air power to support infantry movements  
• 1. Why were places like Argentina important to the war effort?

  • they supplied 40% of british meat during the war
• 1. Explain Germany's decision to invade the Soviet Union and Japan's choice to bomb Pearl Harbor.


  • Germany did this bc of living space for food production
  • Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to secure access to vital resources, like oil, and to expand its empire in Southeast Asia
• 1. Why were so many civilians killed in this war?

  • Many civilians were killed in this war due to bombings of cities, mass executions, forced labor, and genocide committed by both Axis and Allied powers
• How did the advances in human technology and organization during the long nineteenth century enable the slaughter of millions of soldiers and civilians during the Second World War?

  Advances in human technology and organization, such as industrialization, improved transportation, and communication, enabled the mass mobilization of armies and the efficient production of weapons and supplies. This, combined with ideologies of nationalism and militarism, led to devastating conflicts like the Second World War, where millions of soldiers and civilians were killed
• • The Hunger Plan was a strategy implemented by Nazi Germany during World War II
• • The Hunger plan aimed to seize food from occupied territories in Eastern Europe to feed the German population and the German military
• • the hunger plan involved deliberate starvation of millions of people in the occupied areas in eastern europe, particularly in the Soviet Union, leading to mass famine and death