WW2

Question 1

Nazi Germany annexed the neighboring country of Austria
Unified ,

Answer 1

March 13, 1938

Anschluss of Austria
Challenges russian secucirty and influence over austria/hungary

Question 2

Munich peace conference 1938

Answer 2

Britan/france fail to limit naxi invasion of chexclovakia

Shows they are unreliable allys

Question 3

Nazi/soviet non agression pact

Answer 3

August 24th 1938
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

Question 4

Operation Barb4aro1sa

Answer 4

june 22nd 1941

Question 5

Party membership

Answer 5

3.7mill 1941 to 5.8mill 1945

Question 6

Gov structure

Answer 6

Little impact on gov structure

Stalin chariman of state defence comittee/supreme millitary commnder

Takes advice from adivosrs succesfully

Politburo consitia of pro stalin leaders eg) Molotov and Krushcev

Question 7

Purges

Answer 7

By 1941, it is estimated that around 30% of senior military officers had been executed or imprisoned.

Kill 89/103 milllitary admirals
1938 purged nkdv - 20000 killed

Question 8

Millitary repression

Answer 8

• 3 million checnens deported

Leningrad affair – 200 supporters of powerful Leningrad party killed

• 8.7 million military personnel were lost.
• over 15 million civilians.

Question 9

Foreign Help

Answer 9

-grand alliance placed in strong foreign policy siutation

Terhan confrence 1st dec 1944 – chruhcill accpets eastern europe as russian ‘spehre of influence’

Yalta 8th-11th feb 1945 solidifies influence

Question 10

4th 5 year plan looks to reconstruction

Answer 10

Stops Stagnation that took place in war

Coal production increased by 70%.
Steel production grew by 50%.
Electricity output increased by 60%.

Question 11

Volga-Don Canal

Answer 11

Public work scheme 1945-7
Fails
Causes 1947 famine
Kill up to 50000 in kahsakstan

Question 12

Labour Repression

Answer 12

4 million POWs were used as conscripted labour.
By 1942-98% on collective farms to aid effort
110000 executions on the farms annually