Japan
This marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This blamed Germany for WWI, forcing them to pay reparations and decrease the size of their military.
What was the purpose of the Stresa Front, 1935?
To reaffirm Locarno Treaty, confirm the independence of Austria, protest Hitler’s violation of the Treaty of Versailles
What name was the Soviet Union known as during Lenin's regime?
What is RSFSR (Russian Federative Socialist Soviet Republic)
Jakie pierogi zrobiłam na śniadanie?
a) Wiśnia
b) Kwaśna Wiśnia
c) Jagoda
d) Słodki ser
Wiśnia
Who was commander of Japanese forces in the final assault on Nanjing. He was granted immunity and never tried.
Prince Asaka
What was the Rome-Berlin Axis?
This officially committed Germany to Italy for the first time.
What was the result of the Stresa Front?
Mussolini got the impression that he gained England/France’s consent to expand to Abyssinia too vague against Germany to be effective gave Italy protection against Anschluss Britain signed the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, ending the Stresa Front.
What was the most important event in 1917 that led to Lenin's rise to power?
What is the October Revolution
Jakiego miasta w Polsce Hitler nie zbombardował ze względu na jego piękno?
a) Warszawa
b) Krakòwa
c) Gdańsk
d) Tomaszów Lubelski
b) Krakòwa
What is "The Tripartite Axis Pact"?
The pact of Japan, Italy and Germany aiming to defeat Western democracies and seize their colonies in Asia.
What was Hitlers 'Dolchstoss Myth'
The notion that Germany had been ‘stabbed in the back’ by corrupt and incompetent politicians (who were either Social Democrats or Jewish or both)
Mussolini originally declared Italy non-belligerent when Hitler invaded Poland (Sept. 1939). However, what are TWO reasons why Italy joined the war in June 1940?
if they didn’t join, it would be an embarrassment for Mussolini. Mussolini didn’t want to lower the rank of Italy which gave Mussolini the opportunity to radicalise the regime prevent Germany domination of Europe. This could bring territorial gains and control of Mediterranean economic: Germany was principal buyer of Italian goods, dependent on German coal
This is the event that happened in 1905 that was believed to be the precursor to the revolution
Bloody Sunday
Które z poniższych obozów koncentracyjnych znajdowały się w Polsce?
a) Sobibór
b) Auschwitz-Birkenau
c) Treblinka
d) Bergen-Belsen
a) Sobibór
b) Auschwitz-Birkenau
c) Treblinka
What city did Japan fight in August after taking Beijing (July 1937)
Shanghai
This is the term for the German annexation of Austria.
Anschluss
What were Mussolini’s political, economic, and ideological reasons for invading Abyssinia?
ideological: build an empire (Romans), great imperial power like France/Britain, war for its own sake
political: consolidate personality cult, increase support for regime, revenge for defeat in 1896, recruit colonial troops
economic: not yet colonised or modernised, divert attention from the failings of Italy in Great Depression, gain territory for emigration, provide an export market for Italian goods and find oil
When did Lenin's regime start?
1917
Skąd pochodzi moja rodzina?
a) Lublina
b) Tomaszòw Lubelski
c) Typin
d) Kraków
Tomaszòw Lubelski
Who did Japan sign the Neutrality Pact in September 1940
Germany and Italy
Hitler wanted to create living space for ethnic Germans to settle called
Lebensraum
What were TWO results of Italian involvement in the Spanish Civil War?
economic cost was high (lira devalues, lost foreign currency reserves) arms stocks reduced, military weakness exposed increased tension between Italy and Britain/France Franco and Spain remained independent; did not become an Italian satellite state Italy drew closer to Germany
This is the city the Tsar Family was executed in.
Yekaterinburg?
Jakie miasto w Polsce zostało całkowicie zniszczone podczas II wojny światowej?
a) Lublin
b) Gdynia
c) Rzeszów
d) Zakopane
Lublin