Also known as National Socialism. A political ideology which existed in Germany in the 1930s.
Nazism
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Date of Pearl Harbour?
7 Decemer 1941
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Most POWs were taken from the fall of this British base
Singapore
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Approximate number of casualties in the first Hiroshima bombing?
Approximately 80 000 people killed, 70 000 injured
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Who were the Rats of Tobruk? Why were they called 'rats'?
Australian troops fighting in Tobruk, and German propaganda described the men as 'trapped life rats' - they adopted the name with pride and held the position.
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Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. Could be in the form of posters.
Propaganda
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One of the Australian Prime Ministers during the Second World War
John Curtin or Robert Menzies
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Name three living conditions that POWs of Japan faced
- little food
- poor sanitation
- made to work
-brutal treatment - beatings/torture
- no medical treatment
- no adherence to Geneva Convention for POWs
- disease such as Beri Beri and Dysentry
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Nickname of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Little Boy
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Explain some of the conditions the men of the Kokoda campaign had to endure?
- tropical diseases - dysentery, beri beri, ulcers
- lack of food
-lack of sleep
- constant moving over harsh terrain
- attack
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Name of the Treaty which made Germany admit guilt for World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles
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Name given to the idea that Japan needed to extend its borders and build an empire
Expansionism
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This was the code the Japanese believed in that made them think that POWs were 'shameful'
The bushido code
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Dates of the two bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?s
Hiroshima was bombed on 6 August 1945 and Nagasaki was bombed 3 days later, on 9the August 1945.
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Name of the Australian force who were sent to fight the Japanese in PNG on the Kokoda trail?
Maroubra Force
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Germany translation for blitzkreig?
'lightening war'
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Reasons why the Fall of Singapore significant for Australia?
- Singapore was regarded as impossible to invade - Bristish base and presence meant Australia had felt protected - now there was nothing to stop the Japanese advance in the Pacific, and Australia.
Australia's leaders realised they could no longer depend on Britain, and looked to the US for allies.
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Name three places where POWS were kept by the Japanese in the Pacific
Japan, Burma, Thailand, Ambon, Changi, Borneo,
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What was the Manhattan Project?
The name given to the research program that developed the first atomic bomb.
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Describe Maroubra Force?
- militia force
- Known as 'chocolate soldiers' = melt under heat
- inexperienced, little training in jungle warfare
- Many were young - only 18
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What was Operation Barbarossa?
The Axis powers (Italy and Germany) invaded the Soviet Union, even though the USSR and the Germans had signed a non-aggression pact saying that Russia would remain neutral - Operation Barbarossa made them enter the war on the side of the Allies. Germany's big mistake.
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Why was the bombing of Darwin signicant?
The first attack on Australian soil - people thought that Japan was invading Australia and it created panic. There was a reasonable loss of Australian life (around 250 people, mostly civilians). It meant that the Japanese had the means to invade Australia and that the war effort needed to be amped up. Darwin township shattered. Loss to morale.
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Number of Australian servicemen captured by the Japanese?
approximately 22 000
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Following the end of the war in Europe, the Allies made this ultimatim to Japan in the hope that Japan would surrender- they said Japan would face 'prompt and utter destruction' if they didn't surrender. What was it called?
The Potsdam Declaration
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The name given to the Papua New Guineans who helped injured soldiers