The war economy and total war (OCR A-Level History A): Flashcards
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D-Day date
D-Day date
6 June 1944
Hitler's death date
Hitler's death date
30 April 1945
Operation Barbarossa troop numbers
Operation Barbarossa troop numbers
3 million soldiers, 3,500 tanks
Albert Speer's 1941 appointment
Albert Speer's 1941 appointment
Minister of Armaments & War Production
Wehrmacht (1935-1945)
Wehrmacht (1935-1945)
Unified armed forces of Nazi Germany
Luftwaffe reestablished when
Luftwaffe reestablished when
1935 by Goering
Final Solution
Final Solution
Plan to exterminate 11 million European Jews
Einsatzgruppen (June 1941)
Einsatzgruppen (June 1941)
SS unit to execute Jews & Communists in USSR
Auschwitz I entrance phrase
Auschwitz I entrance phrase
Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Makes You Free)
Zyklon B
Zyklon B
Gas used to kill prisoners in camps
Food rationing introduced
Food rationing introduced
27 August 1939
RAF area bombing policy began
RAF area bombing policy began
14 February 1942
Dresden bombing dates
Dresden bombing dates
13-15 February 1945
Dresden's nickname
Dresden's nickname
Florence of the Elbe
Auschwitz complex death toll
Auschwitz complex death toll
Over 1.1 million prisoners