Question

WWII

1. Who started WWII and why?

2. In 1939, what other world leader made a pact with Hitler? What was the pact and what did mean for Germany?

3. Who declared war on Germany to start WWII?

4. What happened to Poland?

5. From this lesson, what country did most of the attacking in WWII?

6. How did the United States help Britain?

7. How many lives were lost in WWII?




Holocaust
1. When does Holocaust mean?

2. What did Hitler think everyone should look like? What was the name of the race of people?


3. Aside from Jewish people, what other peoples did Hitler deem inferior?

4. How many Jewish people were in Europe at the time of the Holocaust?

5. How many Jewish people died during the Holocaust?

6. Where did most of the surviving Jewish people migrate to after the Holocaust?

Answer 1

Holocaust derives from the Greek word “holokauston” meaning whole burn. The Greek is later translated to old French as “holocauste” and finally Middle English “Holocaust”

Answer 2

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1. On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded Poland from the east.

2.Stalin

Out of the blue, on 23 August 1939, Hitler made the Nazi-Soviet Pact with Stalin - a promise not to go to war with each other and (secretly) a promise to invade Poland and split it between them.

3.France

On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II.

4. Following the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September. ... Ethnic Poles were subjected to both Nazi German and Soviet persecution. The Germans killed an estimated two million ethnic Poles

5.More than half of the total number of casualties are accounted for by the dead of the Republic of China and of the Soviet Union. The government of the Russian Federation in the 1990s published an estimate of USSR losses at 26.6 million, including 8 to 9 million due to famine and disease.

6.Lend-Lease and Military Aid to the Allies in the Early Years of World War II. During World War II, the United States began to provide significant military supplies and other assistance to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941.

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