STALINISM DURING WW2 1 Flashcards
Soviet Union foreign policy
rise of nazi Germany from 1933 made war an inc possibility as hilter was anti communist, remilitarising Rhineland, desired lebensralim
nazi soviet pact 1939
non agressive agreement, secret, to divide northern Europe into nazi and soviet spheres of influence: Poland was ti be shared and Estonia and finals was to go to SU
Germany destroyed the nazi soviet pact 1939
invaded Poland, triggered war form Britain and France so after a series of territorial disputed and breaking of pact, Germany invaded russia 1941 (operation barbroassa)
soviets began to occupy terirorities which agreed would fall into the sphere of influence > invaded Finland WINTER WAR 1939-40
russia suffers many losses 1 finland 5 Russians, not make much headway in the beginning. however Moscow treaty march 1940 allowed su to annex important territory. the poor performance from russia encouraged hitler to invade Russia
state of soviet army by 1941
since the three pronged raid on su and operation Barbarossa > 1/3 railway gone, 40% electrical output gone, 1/2 food producing regions gone, 3/4 natural recoruses gone
western thoughts on red army
hitler
us
europe
russians will capitulate quickly
military leadership won’t last more than a month
russa was corrupt who’s unhinegd beuracy would not be sufficiency to administer war
WAR DURING 1941: RUSSIA DOWN
entire russian airforce/tank division near enough wiped out, lenin grad besieged, germans close to Moscow, Kiev taken, Germany WINNIGN
WAR DURING 1942 -stalin/lenin grad, resistance, lend lease programs, winter
Germany took stalin grade and Leningrad under siege in north. germans unable to take Moscow facing resistance from soviets. winter 1942-3 saw Germany advance halt
lend lease programme
what was the lend lease programme?
us supplied facitisied gave s.u 13k tanks, 14k aircraft, 4.5 mill tons of food CAPITALISM HELPING COMMUNISM
WAR DURING 1943 RUSSIA UP FROM LEND LEASE
s.u benefiting from economic reogansion and reforming red army, with smaller process of sestalinaision and less suprivison over army= army manufactory worked better and Germans surrended stalin grad, Kiev restored
WAR DURING 1944- counter offensive FINAL
soviet counter offensive, siege of lenin grad lifted and germans surrender
how was stalin effective war time leader :)
touch displina nd military refroms and economic revival, moved industry to the east when germans invaded and stalin grew milaityr competent in comparison to hitler. natioanslion effective in rallying soviet people
how was stalin effective war time leader :(
early failures, underestimated hitler, prev purges left soviet military disorgansied, autocratic leadership lack of flexibility 20-7 million lives lost
