Frances Kelsey Secondary: History 12

Unit 3 Turmoil and Tragedy 1933-1945

LG 6 (Unit 3)
Topics: Fascism in Japan; Spanish Civil War; Steps to War
(Appeasement)
READINGS:
*=Requir Title
ed

Pages

Falk: Student Workbook

79-92

Howarth: The World Since 1900

First Edition

108-110; 163-172

Howarth: The World Since 1900

Second Ed

102-104; 150-157

Demarco: The World This

Century

121-132

Mitchner and Tuffs: Global Forces 50-65; 94-97

Catchpole: Map History of the
Modern World

56-57; 52-53; 60-61

Vocabulary
1. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
2. Remilitarization of the Rhineland
3. Nazi-Soviet (Non-Aggression) Pact
4. General Francisco Franco
5. Falange
6. International Brigade
7. Guernica
8. Appeasement
9. Sudetenland
10.
Edvard Benes
11.
Neville Chamberlain
12.
Piece of Paper (hint: Peace in/for Our Time speech)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

Munich Conference
Emperor Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Nationalists (Spain)
Republicans (Spain)
Luftwaffe
Anschluss
Stresa Front

DO all of the 4 ACTIVITIES in this guide.

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ACTIVITY 1
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR -- BACKGROUND

Long-standing regime

Opposition

Outcome in 1931

TROUBLES OF THE REPUBLIC

1. Organize the information leading up to the start of the Spanish Civil War by creating a step-by-step list of
events.

- left leaning trade unions and extremist communists begin riots, burning churches, creating public
disturbances

2.

Identify and describe the two factions during the Spanish Civil War.
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The Civil War ended with ________________________ forming the government.
FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT
3. Why is it important to examine the role of the great powers in the Spanish Civil War?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________
4. Why did Britain and France declare themselves to be non-interventionist?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5. Identify the level and nature of support given by each nation.

Britain and France

The Soviet Union

- sent Luftwaffe (German airforce) to support the Nationalists

Germany

Italy

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6. a) What is meant by Axis powers (at least according to Benito Mussolini)?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

b) Why did Mussolini cooperate with Hitler?

_______________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
IMPACT ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
7. What conclusions did the following people reach about the Spanish Civil War?

Person / Country

Conclusions

Liberals and the Labour

Party of Britain

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ACTIVITY 2
empire
noun
1.
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory
of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman
Empire.
2.
a government under an emperor or empress.
3.
(often initial capital letter ) the historical period during which a nation is under such a government: a history of the second
French empire.
4.
supreme power in governing; imperial power; sovereignty: Austria's failure of empire in central Europe.

1. 1. After the Japanese Finance Minister, Korekiyo Takahashi, was murdered by the
army, how did Japan attempt to break out of the Depression?

_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. As the Japanese empire expanded in the Pacific, how did the Americans respond?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
3. Why did the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Imperial Navy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, draw up a
plan to attack Pearl Harbour?

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_______________________________________________________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 3
NAZI FOREIGN POLICY
1. Before the war, Nazi foreign policy was based on which three principles?
______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

2. Define appeasement.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Based on this definition, do you think the policy of appeasement is an effective peacekeeping measure?
Why/why not?
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_______________________________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________________________
4. Referring to the section on reasons for appeasement in the Student Workbook p.85, prioritise this list
(i.e. rank the most compelling reason as #1, the second as #2, etc.) Remember, however, this is your
opinion only!
1. _________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________________

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THE RHINELAND CRISIS
1. Complete the following table summarizing the Rhineland Crisis.

Action taken by the

aggressors

Why?

Action taken by the

appeasers

Why?

Outcome/
Significance

THE ANSCHLUSS CRISIS

1. Before the Annexation, what were German intentions towards Austria?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________

2. What ultimatum did Hitler give to Schuschnigg in 1936?

_______________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Why did Schuschnigg resign?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________________________
4. What was Germanys next move?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5. a) What law did Syss-Inquart pass? Did Austrian citizens approve?
____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
6. Discuss the outcome and significance of the German annexation of Austria.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CRISIS
1. Why was Hitlers next target Czechoslovakia?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________

2. a) What did Benes want with regard to the Sudetenland?

_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
b) What did Britain (and France) want?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________

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3. Why did Benes offer to meet the Sudetens demands?
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_______________________________________________________________________________________
4. What action did Chamberlain take?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Summarize the outcome of the Munich Conference?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6. Identify the events leading up to March 15th, 1939.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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7. How did the Munich Crisis impact the future actions of the great powers?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 4
1. Hitler fulfills his plan of Anschluss1 on March 12th, 1938. What did he do?
______________________________________________________________________
2. What did Hitler want with Czechoslovakia?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

3. British PM Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler several times in an attempt to secure peace. What
happened at these meetings?

Meeting Place
Sept 15 Berchtesgaden:

Summarize the Outcome

Sept 22 Bad Godesberg:

Sept 19 Munich:

4. How did Britain respond when Hitler tore up the Munich Agreement?
________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5. After Hitler unleashed blitzkrieg on Poland, what could be said was Chamberlains only
accomplishment of appeasement?
________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Anschluss Hitlers goal of a union and/or annexation with Austria

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LG 7
World War Two: Europe
READINGS:
*=Requir Title
ed

Pages

Falk: Student Workbook

92-106

Howarth: The World Since

1900 First Edition

172-191; 192-196; 201205

Howarth: The World Since

1900 Second Ed

147-150; 159-181; 186189

Demarco: The World This

Century

133-150

Mitchner and Tuffs: Global

Forces

110-124; 126-131

Catchpole: Map History of

the Modern World

68-71; 74-77;

Vocabulary
1. Blitzkrieg
2. Panzer
3. Luftwaffe
4. Phony War
5. Dunkirk
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Vichy France
8. Collaborators
9. Battle of Britain
10.
Operation Sea Lion
11.
Spitfire
12.
Radar
13.
Ultra
14.
The Blitz
15.
Winter War
16.
Barbarossa
17.
El Alamein
18.
Eisenhower
19.
Rommel
20.
Montgomery
21.
Operation Torch
22.
Afrika Corps
23.
Cash and Carry
24.
Lend Lease

25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

U-Boat
Salerno
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Stalingrad
The Italian Campaign
Operation Market Garden

31.
Battle of the Bulge
32.
V-1 Flying Bomb or Buzz
bomb
33.
V-2 Rocket
34.
Strategic Bombing
35.
Enigma
36.
Winston Churchill
37.
Admiral Donitz
38.
Wehrmacht
39.
Desert Rats
40.
Desert Fox
41.
Dieppe
42.
Normandy
Invasion/Landings
43.
D-Day
44.
Operation Overlord
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45.
uno

Utah/Omaha/Gold/Sword/J

Written Response Questions: Choose any 2 to answer

1. Explain why the German Blitzkrieg achieved victory against Poland and the
countries of Western Europe, but failed to achieve victory against the USSR.
2. Describe how the failure of Operation Barbarossa contributed to the
defeat of Germany.
3. The battles of Stalingrad and El Alamein represented turning points in the
Second World War. Explain why.
4. In 1940, Hitler planned a cross channel invasion of Great Britain. In 1944,
the Allies planned a cross-channel invasion of France. Explain why one failed
and the other succeeded.
5. In 1941, following surprise attacks, both the USA and the USSR entered the
Second World War on the Allied side.
A. Explain why the U.S.S.R and the U.S.A had not joined the Allied side
before 1941.
B. Explain why the US and the USSR were both attacked in 1941.

Focus Questions
1. Explain the significance of key military events in WWII, including but not
limited to the: Battle of Britain; Battle of Stalingrad; Normandy Landings.
2. Describe the impact of Total War.
3. Describe the significance of technology developed prior to and during WWII.
4. Assess the impact of mass communications on political and military events
prior to and during WWII.
Answer ONE the questions above in PARAGRAPH/OR POINT FORM

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LG 8
World War Two: Pacific
READINGS:
*=Requir Title
ed

Pages

Falk: Student Workbook

106-109

Howarth: The World Since 1900 184-187; 191-192; 215-220

First Edition
Howarth: The World Since 1900 169-171; 176-177; 198-201
Second Ed

Demarco: The World This

Century

151-153

Mitchner and Tuffs: Global

Forces

135-145

Catchpole:Map History of the

Modern World

72-73; 78-79

Vocabulary
1. Pearl Harbor
2. Doolittle Raid
3. The Battle of Coral Sea
4. The Battle of Midway Islands
5. Island-Hopping
6. Kamikaze
7. Battle of Leyte Gulf
8. Iwo Jima
9. Okinawa
10.
MacArthur

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

Manhattan Project
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Enola Gay
Fat Man
Little Boy
Harry Truman
Admiral Nimitz

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Written Response Questions: Choose any 2 to answer

1. By the end of the 1930s, tension between Japan and the USA was
increasing.
A. Explain why there was increasing tension between Japan and the USA
prior to 1941.
B. Describe the aims (goal) of the Japanese in attacking Pearl Harbour in
1941.
C. To what extent were the aims of the Japanese achieved?
2. The Battle of Midway represented a turning point in the Pacific war. Explain
why.
3. Explain how Japan contributed to its own defeat in the Second World War.
4. Explain and evaluate the various arguments for and against the use of the
Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945.
5. Describe the role of the USA in the Second World War.
6. Describe the role of Naval Operations in determining the outcome of the
Second World War in both the European and Pacific theatres.

Assessment:
Unit 3 Test

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