The coming of the Second World War (17) Flashcards
During the 1930s, Hitler became the ____ (Prime Minister) in Germany, and from 1938 onwards, ___ Germany started to invade and take over other European countries.
Chancellor
Nazi
Why was the Soviet Union not involved in the war?
Stalin and Hitler had signed a Non-Aggression Pact.
What was the Non-Aggression Pact?
It was a treaty agreeing they would not go to war against each other.
Why did Stalin put the third five-year plan on hold?
So that factories switched over to making weapons so that the Soviet Union would be ready in case of war.
What happened in 1941?
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union without warning.
What did the Soviet Union do after Germany invaded them?
They joined the Allies in the war against Nazi Germany.
Why was the Red Army weak?
They were still suffering from the effects of the Purges when hundreds of thousands of officers had been executed.
What was the result of the Red Army being weak?
The German Armies drove deep into the Soviet Union before the Red Army could respond and drive them off.
What was the Great Patriotic War?
World War II is known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia because of the devastating attack by Hitler’s Germany on the Soviet Union.
The Russians suffered huge ___ in the process, far higher than any other country. Over __ million Soviet citizens died including __ million civilians.
Losses
25
17
What forms of infrastructure were destroyed? (3)
Villages,factories,bridges
Vast areas of ___ were laid to waste. Many of the gains made by the Five Year Plans were ___.
farmland
What enabled the Soviet Union to resist the German invasion and in the Allied defeat of Germany?
Stalin’s industrialisation programme
