The Second World War Flashcards
1
Q
Give some statistics which illustrate the extent of Soviet reliance on the lend lease programme.
A
12% of airplanes
10% of tanks
4% of industrial goods
2% of artillery
100 million pounds of spam shipped over from America to Russia: By 1943, 17% of the red army’s calorie intake was from American lend lease food!
2
Q
“The citizens of Leningrad gave up easily during the Second World War” - True or false?
A
FALSE! They endured a 900 day siege and did not give up despite cold, starvation and exhaustion!
3
Q
Why did the Nazi economy fail?
A
- Poor Nazi economic planning:
•Hitler kept living standards high so domestic support for the war would not dip
•Goering opposed mass production of aircraft, meaning that for most of WW2, the Nazis only produced 1,000 aircraft a month
•Hitler estimated that by 1944 the German economy was 4 years behind schedule
4
Q
When did the formal Soviet-American alliance during World War Two begin?
A
May 1942
