In 1941, Japan’s desire for expansion in the Pacific led to war with
Even before World War II started in 1939, Japan had already invaded which of these areas?
Why is the name “totalitarianism” appropriate for that form of government?
In the years prior to World War I, the government of Russia was
In the Spanish Civil War, the Republicans represented the
In what way was the Third Reich most successful?
In the report below, a Nazi officer describes the evacuation of the Warsaw ghetto in 1943."The execution of this transfer order [to move all the Jews in the ghetto to concentration camps] proved to be very difficult, since the managers as well as the Jews resisted in every possible way . . . The conditions discovered there are indescribable. I cannot imagine a greater chaos than in the Ghetto of Warsaw.”—SS General Jürgen Stroop, 1943
The passage below contains testimony from the commander of Auschwitz, given at a war crimes trial in 1946.DR. KAUFMANN: Is it furthermore true that Eichmann stated to you that in Auschwitz a total sum of more than 2 million Jews had been destroyed?HÖSS: Yes.DR. KAUFMANN: Did you yourself ever feel pity with the victims, thinking of your own family and children?HÖSS: Yes.DR. KAUFMANN: How was it possible for you to carry out these actions in spite of this?HÖSS: In view of all these doubts which I had, the only one and decisive argument was the strict order and the reason given for it by the Reichsführer Himmler.
In the wake of the February Revolution in Russia, Nicholas II
Which of the following organized Kristallnacht?
To spur US recovery after the Great Depression, President Roosevelt
How did the posting of the “twelve theses” by students reflect Nazi policy?
When Germany experienced inflation, prices for goods
Why was the D-Day invasion crucial for the Allies’ Europe First strategy?
Which were significant events that helped the Allies win the war in Europe? Check all that apply.the Nazi defeat at Stalingradthe Invasion of Normandythe bombing of Hiroshimathe North African campaignthe Battle of the Somme
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