Dr. Sachhidananda Banerjee solutions for हिस्ट्री [अंग्रेजी] कक्षा १२ आईएससी chapter 7 - World War-II [Latest edition]

In which year was signed the Treaty of Locarno?

Which countries signed the Treaty?

Why was Mussolini disappointed with the Locarno Conference of 1925?

Which countries withdrew themselves from the World Disarmament Conference?

Why did Germany withdraw its membership from the League of Nations?

Why did Germany sign the Non-Aggression Pact with Poland?

What was the motive of Germany for signing the Pact?

Against which country was concluded the Anti-Comintern Pact?

What was the result of the plebiscite in Saar?

Who was Franco?

Why did Franco join the Spanish civil war?

Which countries signed the Anti-Comintern Pact?

What was the intention of Anti-Comintern Pact?

What was meant by Anschluss?

In which year Hitler captured Rhineland?

How did Saar region become united with Germany after 15 years?

Why did Germany claim Sudetenland?

Which countries signed the Munich Pact?

What important decision was taken at the Munich Conference in September, 1938?

On which date Germany attacked Poland?

Who was Benito Mussolini?

What was the name of Benito Mussolini’s party?

“We are hungry for land, because we are prolific and intend to remain so.” – Who said this?

Who was Haile Selassie?

Mention two motives for the invasion of Abyssinia by Mussolini.

Which country was defeated in the battle of Adowa?

Why did Mussolini come closer to Hitler after the attack on Abyssinia?

In which year did the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis is formed?

In which war ‘ism’ became an important issue?

In which year was formed Rome-Berlin Axis?

Why did General Franco start a revolt in Spain?

Why did Hitler and Mussolini support General Franco in the Spanish Civil War?

In which year Spanish Civil War came to an end?

Give one reason for failure of the economic embargo by the League of Nations upon Italy for her aggression on Abyssinia.

Which war was a dress rehearsal of the Second World War?

Name the event which was ultimately transformed into World War II.

Why did Hitler follow a foreign policy to undo the clauses of the Versailles Treaty?

How did Hitler achieve his aims with reference to the Reoccupation of the Rhineland in 1936?

How did Hitler achieve his aims with reference to the Anschluss, 1938?

Why did Germany sign the Non-Aggression Pact with Poland?

With reference to Hitler’s foreign policy, answer the following question:

Why did Hitler change his policy towards Poland?

With reference to Hitler’s foreign policy, answer the following question:

What demands did Hitler make to Poland?

With reference to Hitler’s foreign policy, answer the following question:

Discuss the full-scale invasion and defeat of Poland in 1939.

Discuss the objectives of the foreign policy of Germany between 1933 and 1938.

Discuss the main features of the foreign policy of Germany between 1933 and 1938.

With reference to the aggressive foreign policies of Italy and Japan, explain how the following events made war more likely and worldwide in scope:

 Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia.

Aggressive nationalism of Italy and Germany was responsible for many acts of violence which eventually led to the Second World War. In this context explain:

The Spanish Civil War of 1936.

Aggressive nationalism of Italy and Germany was responsible for many acts of violence which eventually led to the Second World War. In this context explain:

Austria’s union with Germany in 1938.

Explain the formation of the Tripartite Axis Pact in 1937.

Explain the significance of the Tripartite Axis Pact in 1937.

Why did Hitler attack Czechoslovakia in 1938?

What was the significance of Munich Pact of 1938?

What impact did the Munich Pact have on the future of Czechoslovakia?

Give an account of the main events of Hitler’s foreign policy from the Czechoslovakia crisis of 1938 to the invasion of Poland in 1939.

Trace the events of Nazi aggression between March, 1938 and September, 1939, leading to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Describe briefly the Nazi conquest of Europe from the invasion of Poland, 1939 to the fall of France in 1940.

Describe the change in Mussolini’s foreign policy towards Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1940. 

With reference to the foreign policy of Mussolini, answer the following question:

How did Mussolini help Austria to deal with the threat from Nazi Germany in 1934?

With reference to the foreign policy of Mussolini, answer the following question:

Why was Abyssinia War considered as a turning point in Mussolini’s relationship with Hitler?

With reference to the foreign policy of Mussolini, answer the following question:

Mention two important alliances signed between Hitler and Mussolini.

With reference to the foreign policy of Mussolini, answer the following question:

The Munich Conference represented the climax of the Anglo-French Policy of Appeasement and Hitler’s greatest triumph.

Why did Mussolini take interest in the Spanish Civil War of 1936?

Why did Mussolini’s involvement in the Second World War lead to the collapse of Fascism in Italy?

What is meant by the term ‘Appeasement’?

Why was the ‘Appeasement’ policy adopted?

Why did Chamberlain follow appeasement policy towards Germany?

Which countries followed appeasement policy towards Germany in a number of international events?

Why did Chamberlain follow appeasement policy at Munich?

“Success and the absence of resistance tempted Hitler to reach out further and to take bigger risks.” How far this statement was correct with reference to the policy of appeasement?

How did the aggressive policy of Hitler contribute to the outbreak of the Second World War?

How did the Anglo-French policy of appeasement contribute to the outbreak of the Second World War?

Give any two reasons to justify the British Policy of Appeasement.

What is ‘Phoney War’?

What was significance of the Dunkirk incident?

Who was known as the ‘Desert Fox’?

Who was the supreme British commander in the Middle East?

Which British General defeated Rommel at the Battle of El Alamien?

State one way in which the Battle of Atlantic was an important victory for the Allies in the Second World War.

What is ‘Scorched Earth’ policy?

What was Hitler’s aim in concluding the Nazi-Soviet Pact despite his hatred for Russian and Communism?

What was known as the ‘Operation Barbarossa’?

Why did German army face a debacle in Russian campaign?

Which country attacked Pearl Harbour?

State the significance of the Pearl Harbour incident.

Give an example of the American assistance to the Allies during the World War II before USA actually joined the war.

What was Lend Lease Act?

Which country was known as the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’?

What was the major pact signed by Germany, Japan, and Italy?

Why did the war in the Pacific come to an end in 1945?

Explain the term “Island Hopping”.

Why did America drop Atom Bomb on Japan?

Why did Japan surrender?

Give the causes of the Second World War.

Give an account of the Allied campaign against Germany from the Normandy Landing of June, 1944 to the final surrender in May, 1945.

Discuss the importance of the following:

The Battle of Britain.

Discuss the importance of the following:

The Battle of El Alamien, October, 1942.

Discuss the importance of the following:

The Battle of Stalingrad, August, 1942.

Discuss the importance of the following:

The Midway Island in the course of the Second World War.

With reference to the Second World War, answer the following:

Why did Hitler attack Russia in 1941?

With reference to the Second World War, answer the following:

Write a detailed note on German invasion of Russia.

Why did Japan enter the Second World War?

Explain why was Japan eventually lost in the Second World War?

Estimate the contribution of America to the Allied Powers in the Second World War.

What was meant by Blitzkrieg?

Which power won in the battles of Atlantic and the Pacific?

What were the basic weaknesses of the Axis Powers?

Why did Mussolini become a burden for Hitler?

Why the war became too stretched for Japan?

What is meant by the war of ism?

How did the Allied Powers overcome the German attack?

Why did the war become too stretched war for Germany and Japan?

What were the basic weaknesses of Japan as a country?

Do you agree that World War II was a battle of Ism? Give your reasons.