History 12Second World War

Test Terminology & Written Question ChoicesA good understanding of the following list of terms, individuals and events will ensure a good

performance on the upcoming exam.

BlitzkriegPanzer(s)LuftwaffeHermann GoeringWehrmachtInvasion of PolandNon-Aggression Pact ‘39Phony WarRusso-Finnish War ’39-‘40Maginot LineSiegfried LineWinston ChurchillDunkirk (Operation Dynamo)Vichy FranceCharles DeGualleBattle of BritainRadarthe BlitzErwin Rommel (Desert Fox)Afrika KorpsSiege of TobrukEnigmaBattle of El Alamein Bernard MontgomeryBattle of the AtlanticConvoysU-BoatsSonarOperation Barbarossa Scorched Earth Policy

Siege of LeningradBattle of StalingradBattle of AttritionBattle of KurskItalian CampaignWartime Conferences

Tehran, ‘43 Yalta, ‘44

“Sphere of Influence”Pres. Franklin D. RooseveltJosef StalinDwight EisenhowerOperation Overlord (D-Day)NormandyMulberry HarboursOperation Market GardenV1(2) RocketsBattle of the BulgeWarsaw UprisingBerlin, ‘45VE Day (Victory in Europe)Final SolutionHeinrich HimmlerGenocideEinsatzgruppen (SS)Warsaw GhettoAuschwitz (concentration/death camps)HolocaustNuremberg Trials

The paragraph and essay questions for the test will be taken from the following selection:

Explain how the appeasement of Germany contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe.

Using examples between 1919 and 1939 identify and explain four causes of the Second World War.

Explain how the principle of anti-Semitism was applied between 1933 and 1945.

Explain how the international crises caused by Italy (1935) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) demonstrated the weakness of the League of Nations.

Explain why the British won the Battle of Britain.

Explain how technology changed the nature of combat during the Second World War. Use examples.

Explain how the Battle of Stalingrad influenced the outcome of the Second World War in Europe

Explain the role played by Britain in the defeat of the Axis powers in the Second World War.

Explain why the German blitzkrieg achieved victory against Poland and the countries of Western Europe, but failed to achieve victory against the U.S.S.R.

Explain the role that the U.S.A. played in the defeat of Nazi Germany.