Wartime Economy Flashcards
What happened at the end of 1941?
-German occupied Soviet Union
-controlled large % of Ind - coal, iron, steel, railways, arable land
What happened on the 30th June?
-Stalin est wartime economy
-USSR taken measure for econ survival
What was the ‘scotched earth’ policy?
-rendered Mich lost farm land + Ind useless
-destroyed railways, burnt farms, blew up factories
What happened to factories?
-1500 factories transplanted from west to east July-dec 1941
-many behind Urals, mountains
What happened to inds during the war?
-Ind bases rapidly linked to front line + railways in straight lines
-production geared towards military
What happened to Labour?
-whole population harnessed for production
-rigourous labour controls ensured max production
What happened to national expenditure?
-was altered
-by 1942 military share of budget 57% + munitions 79% of all production
How was the rapid development seen?
-3500 new Ind complexes built in Urals
-rapid development + Ind output exceeded Ger + weapons superior by mid 1943
What was an issue?
-food problems took longer solve
-grain harvest 1942 half that of 1940
-survival ensured by strict rationing
