INCLASS-The War

Question 1

What had Lenin previously named the League of Nations?

Answer 1

the “robbers den”

Question 2

Who from 1934-1939 had attempted to organise a European alliance to prevent German expansion?

Answer 2

Litinov

Question 3

When was Litinov, a defender of western culture, replaced by Molotov?

Answer 3

April 1939

Question 4

Why was the Nazi-Soviet Pact a shock to the world?

Answer 4

as they were diametrically opposed both socially and poltiically

Question 5

When was there growing evidence that Germany was intending to attack Russia with a huge offensive?

Answer 5

the spring of 1941

Question 6

What date was operation Barbarossa initiated and Soviet forces were overrun and their air forces destroyed?

Answer 6

22nd June 1941

Question 7

After Operation Barbarossa, Stalin dissapeared leaving who to make the necessary announcement of war to the Russian people?

Answer 7

Molotov

Question 8

What was the result of operation Barabarossa?

Answer 8

all territory gained from the Nazi-Soviet Pact was lost and the government had to evacuate documments, artistic treaures and even lenin’s body

Question 9

Why were German troops outside Stalingrad unsuccessful in their invasion?

Answer 9

as they had no winter clothing and their tanks were unusable when diesel froze

Question 10

For how long was Leningrad surrounded and cut off from the rest of the country?

Answer 10

2 years

Question 11

Where did Hitler concerntrate his forces?

Answer 11

In the Caucasus

Question 12

Hitler concerntrated his forces in the caucasus, why did this grind to a halt?

Answer 12

due to the successful defense of Stalingrad

Question 13

In Feb 1943, who’s army were trapped and forced to surrender by a powerful Russian counter-attack?

Answer 13

general Von Paulus Army

Question 14

Over how many miles were the German’s trying to hold a front over which meant that their soldiers were deprived of spare parts, food and ammunition?

Answer 14

over 2,000

Question 15

What date did the army of General Von Paulus become trapped and forcedto surrender by a powerful Russian counter-attack?

Answer 15

Feb 1943

Question 16

What year was the biggest tank battle of the war?

Answer 16

1943

Question 17

What did the Russians name 1944?

Answer 17

‘The Year of 10 Victories”

Question 18

What was the single most important factor in Germany’s defeat?

Answer 18

the seemingly unlimited capacity of the Russian people to endure the worst possible disaster and carry on

Question 19

Which 2 types of people went out to dig anti-tank ditches to hold back attacks in 1941?

Answer 19

Leningraders and Muscovites

Question 20

What did Leningraders and Muscovites do in 1941?

Answer 20

they went out to dig anti-tank ditches to back attacks

Question 21

What 2 relgious things were reinstated?

Answer 21

the Holy Synod and training colleges for priests

Question 22

What did the new Patriarch in the Pravada in 1942 describe Stalin as?

Answer 22

“the God-chosen leader”

Question 23

in what year did the new Patriarch describe Stalin as “the God-chosen leader” in the Pravada?

Answer 23

1942

Question 24

How did the USSR encourage food production?

Answer 24

through removing the limits that had been placed on the size of private plots of collective farms

Question 25

What year was the Ukraine famine?

Answer 25

1932/33

Question 26

At first in many parts of Russia, the Russians welcomed the German armies leading some to capture Russian soldiers under which General who recruited them into the so-called Russian Liberation Army?

Answer 26

General Vlasov

Question 27

many Russian’s were recruited under General Vlasov who recruited them into the what?

Answer 27

the so-called Russian Liberation Army

Question 28

Approximately how many Russians died under German occupation?

Answer 28

11 million

Question 29

Although at first in many parts of Russia, the Russians welcomed the German armies leading some to capture Russian soldiers under General Vlasov who recruited them into the so-called Russian Liberation Army, after 11 million Russian’s died from German occupation, what was the Russian general response?

Answer 29

many who were sympathetic to a ‘liberating army’ were repulsed by the activities of the Einsatzgruppen who arrested and shot hundreds of thousands in the occupied regions

Question 30

what was the name of the German group who arrested and shot hundreds of thousands of Russian’s in occupied Regions which meant that many became unsympathetic to General Vlasov’s so-called Russian Liberation Army?

Answer 30

Einsatzgruppen

Question 31

To Hitler, what were slavs?

Answer 31

untermenschen, sub-human

Question 32

How did the Soviet propaganda machine help to inspire others?

Answer 32

by making heroes of those Russians tortured and killed by the enemy to inspire others to follow their example

Question 33

Where did the USSR dismantle and then rebuild factories?

Answer 33

from western Russia to the urals and beyond

Question 34

Over how many poeple were evacuated from western Russia in zones likely invaded by the German?

Answer 34

c10 million

Question 35

In what year did the production of tanks and planes exceed figures in 1941?

Answer 35

1942

Question 36

New weapons poured off from the production line, such as which 3 weapons?

Answer 36

T-34 Tanks
Katyusha rockets
Yak fighter planes

Question 37

How many hours were working hours extended to?

Answer 37

12 hours a day

Question 38

By what year were the USSR producing more war matrials than germany?

Answer 38

1943

Question 39

Over how many lorries were supplied to the USSR from the US?

Answer 39

c400,000

Question 40

How many US boots were used by Russian soliders?

Answer 40

14 million

Question 41

What were Soviet exports valued at in comparison to imports?

Answer 41

• 1433 million roubles in exports

- 14,805 million roubles in imports

Question 42

Who did NKVD officials shoot in prisons before they abandoned them in retreat?

Answer 42

suspects who they believed would abandon them in retreat

Question 43

What were penal battalions used for?

Answer 43

to be sent into battle before regular troops to detonate minefields and draw enemy fire

Question 44

Who were sent into battle before regular troops to detonate minefields and draw enemy fire?

Answer 44

penal battallions

Question 45

What were SMERSH NKVD units in the Red Army used for?

Answer 45

they were deployed behind Russian armies to encourage them not to retreat

Question 46

What group were deployed behind Russian armies to encourage them not to retreat?

Answer 46

SMERSH NKVD units

Question 47

As in 1812, what acted as the best allies to Russia?

Answer 47

winter and Russian mud

Question 48

The huge ressources of the USSR strengthened in the FYPs of the 1930s meant that by what yaer the German armies were outgunned and out numbered?

Answer 48

1944

Question 49

Which historian said that Stalin should be given credit for much of what was achieved?

Answer 49

Isaac Deutscher