Exercises on the final months of the Second World War

April 25, 1945 was characterized as the “beginning of the end of the war” in Europe. This can be stated because it was on that day:

a) that there was an attack on Hitler's Bunker.

b) that there was the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.

c) that there was the siege of Berlin by Soviet troops.

d) that there was the siege of Stalingrad by American troops.

e) that there was D-Day.

(PUC-SP) Read carefully:“In the case of Hiroshima, it is the most concentrated catastrophe that has ever befallen men. In a passage from his diary, Dr. Hachiya [who witnessed the event] thinks of Pompeii. But not even this one offers a term of comparison. A catastrophe befell Hiroshima that was planned and executed with the greatest precision by human beings. ‘Nature’ is out of the game.” Canetti, Elias. The Consciousness of Words. SP:Companhia das Letras, 1990. The text refers to the atomic explosion:

a) with which the US managed to capitulate the Japanese, the last core of Axis resistance, at the end of the world conflict that took place between 1939-45.

b) which functioned as a demonstration of American military power to intimidate China, which had joined the communist bloc at the end of World War II.

c) whose objective was to put an end to the US conflict with Vietnam, where local guerrillas imposed systematic defeats on US soldiers.

d) that resulted from an air accident involving American and Soviet fighter jets, when they were carrying out joint operations with a nuclear arsenal in the Pacific Ocean.

e) resulting from the bombing promoted by the US, during the Second World Conflict, on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese military base where the hydrogen bomb was developed.

One ​​of the main events that took place in 1945, when the Second World War was coming to an end, and that left the world population in shock was:

a) the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

b) the disclosure of State crimes committed by F. D. Roosevelt.

c) the assassination of English Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

d) the discovery of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps.

e) the discovery of the genocide of the Armenians by the Turkish Empire.

(Cesgranrio) With the end of the 2nd World War, the victorious countries sought to create several international mechanisms that sought to develop the planet in a more harmonious way. It is from this time that the following organism was created:

a) UN- for the constitution of an international army to put an end to wars.

b) NATO - for the demilitarization of western countries and the reduction of conflict zones.

c) GATT - for the implementation of a single tariff on international products and services.

d) UNESCO - for the improvement of the food quality of the poor populations of the Third World.

e) IMF - to financially help member countries when in difficulties.

Letter C

The siege of Berlin by the Soviets on April 26, 1945 was one of the most important events to end World War II, at least on the European continent. By the following month, the Western Front allies had also liberated virtually all of Europe from the Nazi yoke. The capitulation of the German army took place on May 8, 1945, under the supervision of American General Walter Bell-Smith.

Letter A

After the explosion of two atomic bombs on Japanese soil, in August 1945, Emperor Hirohito told the population, via radio, on August 14, that the war was lost. On the 2nd of September of the same year, Mamoru Shigemistsu and Yoshijiro Umezo , Minister of Foreign Affairs and General Chief of Staff of the Imperial Navy, signed the Japanese surrender term aboard the cruiser Missouri and in the presence of the American general Douglas MacArthur . This gesture formally ended World War II.

Letter D

The discovery, made by soldiers of the Allied troops, of the Nazi camps, used for forced labor and for the extermination of millions of Jews, Poles, the physically and mentally handicapped, among other types of people, was a of the most shocking events of the year 1945.

Letter E

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) was created in 1944, during the Bretton Woods Conference, but was only formalized on December 27, 1945 by 29 signatory countries. This body was the main financial basis for supporting the reconstruction of Europe after the Second World War.