2. Joseph Stalin came to power in Italy.
3. Adolph Hitler became leader, or Fuhrer, of the Nazi Party.
4. The League of Nations did not stop Japan鈥檚 invasion of Manchuria.
5. The Axis Powers consisted of Great Britain and the U.S.
6. Germany honored the non-aggression pact it signed with the Soviet Union.
7. The U.S. supported Germany during its Blitzkrieg.
8. The German army invaded France and seized the capital city of Paris.
9. The U.S. refused to send war supplies to Great Britain.
10. Japan鈥檚 secret attack on Pearl Harbor caused the U.S. to enter WWII.
11. The Treaty of Versailles contributed to unrest throughout Europe.
12. Benito Mussolini used collectivization to take over farmlands in the Soviet Union.
13. Hitler believed the welfare of his country was more important than personal freedoms.
14. In the Holocaust, the Nazis murdered millions of Jews and others.Help with WWII True/False statements. Can anyone help? You can answer one some or all. Explanations?
1. True
2. False, he was already in power in the Soviet Union before the war.
3. Hitler became the Fuhrer before the war actually started. I am not sure what you mean exactly.
4. True
5. False, Italy, Germany and Japan were the major axis powers but also Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and some other small countries.
6. False
7. False
8. True that Germany invaded France, False that they seized Paris. Paris surrendered to avoid fighting in the city.
9. False
10. True
11. True
12. False, Ben was the ruler of Italy.
13. True
14. about 6 millions jews were killed and an approximately equal number of poles, gypsies, mentally ill and others were killed as well. That was just the concentration camps. About 20 million Soviet citizens were murdered as well.Help with WWII True/False statements. Can anyone help? You can answer one some or all. Explanations?
1. True--this led to the rise of dictators in many countries (including Italy and, eventually, Germany).
2. False--Stalin became Premier of the Soviet Union in 1925.
3. True--Hitler ';discovered'; the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party) in 1920 while working for Army Intelligence.
4. True--The League of Nations proved to be completely impotent when it came to keeping world peace. It issued a reprimand and backed embargoes, but did nothing else.
5. False--The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan.
6. False--Germany declared war and invaded the Soviet Union in June, 1941. The Invasion was codenamed ';Operation Barbarossa';.
7. False--The U.S. was officially neutral during the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-1940. But the U.S. had started the ';Lend Lease Program'; with Great Britain. Despite this, some U.S. companies were still doing business with Nazi Germany.
8. True--It took the Nazis six weeks to conquer France.
9. False--The U.S. sent lots of supplies to Great Britain, including military hardware (the ';Lend Lease Program';).
10. True--The U.S. declared war on Japan on December 8; Germany and Italy then declared war on the U.S. on December 11 (in keeping with the Axis Allaince they had with Japan).
11. True--The Treaty of Versailles, which officially concluded World War I, was especially harsh on Germany, and redrew the map of the continent.
12. False--Mussolini was Prime Minister/Dictator of Italy; Stalin used collectivization in the Soviet Union.
13. True--The Nazi political philosophy placed the good of the state above all else; therefore, the Nazis suspended all personal liberties and initiated martial law. Classic dictator maneuver.
14. True--The usual count of Jews killed in the Holocaust is six million. There were other groups targeted, including Gypsies, homosexuals, Catholics, and the disabled.
Hope this helps!
PLease do your own homework.
1. True
2. False - Mussolini came to power in Italy, Stalin in Russia
3. True - although not until 15 years after WW1 ended
4. True - I believe - cannot be sure about this - I really do not think the LON had the power/mandate to stop it but I believe they did not even condemn it
5. False - the Axis powers were Germany, Italy and Japan
6. True - until after WW2 had started
7. False - they did not support the blitzkrieg but did not enter the war to protect Czechoslovakia, Poland or France.
8. True
9. Don't know
10. True - it is often felt that the US had considered entering but this provided the catalyst
11 True and false. The treaty was the result of the Paris Peace conference that ended WW1. It defined peace, but also lay the entire blame for WW1 with Germany and her allies. It was at first rejected by Germany, then accepted but routinely violated, especially after Hitler came to power. A large part of Hitler's rise was his ability to drive nationalism within Germany on the basis of the percieved unfairness of the treaty.
12. False - Mussolini was Italian
13. True - not sure he ever used exactly those words.
14. True - the others including slavs, gypsies, catholics, homosexuals, essentially anyone who was different.
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