Third 5 Year Plan Flashcards
1
Q
When was the third 5 year plan implemented
A
1938-1942
2
Q
What were the aims of the third 5 year plan
A
- develop heavy industry (due to fear of war)
- promote rapid rearmament
- complete transition to communism
3
Q
What were the successes of the third 5 year plan
A
- strong growth in heavy industry
-spending on rearmament doubled from 1938-1940
4
Q
What were the weaknesses of the third 5 year plan
A
- steel production stagnated
- oil failed to meet targets leading to a fuel crisis
- industries were short of raw materials
- consumer goods lowest priority once more
- lack of good managements specialists and technicians due to stalins purges
- extremely hard winter in 1938
- plan cut short by German invasion in 1941
