13) Why Russia Won Ww2

Question 1

How successful was the production of armaments?

Answer 1

The production of armaments doubled between the years 1941-1944

Question 2

How did the weather help Russia win the war?

Answer 2

The German army was unable to reach Moscow by first snow, unprepared for harsh conditions.

Question 3

How did Russian nationalism help win the war?

Answer 3

Russians were ‘fighting for their homeland, not the communists’
Phrases like ‘motherland’ and ‘great patriotic war’ where emphasised. Germany was presented as a foreign enemy, not an ideological one.

Question 4

How did the church help win the war?

Answer 4

• since 1917 the communists had been hostile to the Russian Orthodox Church.
• when war came, 414 churches were allowed to reopen by 1945.
• “the words of eyes is were more comforting than the words of Marx Lenin and Stalin combined” - soldier

Question 5

What was the grand alliance?

Answer 5

Alliance between Britain and USA. They shared a common enemy.

Question 6

Why was the gran alliance good?

Answer 6

• It divided the attention and lessened the threat to Russian people eg British bombers targeted German cities so the German airforce could not concentrate on Russia.
• land lease: Roosevelt supplied Russia with American resources. This had a minor significance in military (2% of artillery and 10% of tanks) but the red army was dependant on the land lease for food.
• made up 17% of calorie intake.

Question 7

Why was the land lease seen as suspicious?

Answer 7

It showed that capitalism was better than communism.

Praise was criminalised in 1942.

Question 8

How did the war highlight inadequacy in the soviet system?

Answer 8

• could not count on support for communism, forced to turn to religion and nationalism.
• socialist agriculture was inadequate, had to rely on capitalist nations

Question 9

How many factories were relocated to the east in 1941?

Answer 9

1500 factories were relocated to the east.