WW2

Question 1

What was the order that forbade ‘not one step backwards’

Answer 1

Order 227

Question 2

Which organisations controlled the military planning and economy

Answer 2

The Stavka (military) and the GKO (economy)

Question 3

What policy was declared to burn crops

Answer 3

The scorched earth policy

Question 4

What were Penal battalions and how many were part of it

Answer 4

Soldiers who messed up were sent to do the most dangerous jobs. 50% casualty rate. 150,000

Question 5

How many Germans invaded

Answer 5

3 million

Question 6

How many soldiers joined the party

Answer 6

2.5 million

Question 7

How many partisans were there

Answer 7

over a million

Question 8

How many rifles and tanks produced per month?

Answer 8

100,000 rifles and 230 tanks

Question 9

How long was the siege in Leningrad

Answer 9

900 days

Question 10

What did Stalin refuse to give up on in the face of the german army

Answer 10

The Red square Parade

Question 11

Who was the defender of Leningrad

Answer 11

Zhadnov

Question 12

What was the work week extended to

Answer 12

70-77 hours

Question 13

How much did America give in landlease

Answer 13

11 billion dollars

Question 14

How many tonnes of foreign aid was given

Answer 14

17.5 million tonnes

Question 15

What was the death rate in the Gulags

Answer 15

25%

Question 16

What was the percentage of 25 million deaths due to starvation

Answer 16

1/4

Question 17

How many soldiers died

Answer 17

8.6 million or 11 million

Question 18

How long was Stalin in his dacha

Answer 18

10 days

Question 19

Why was he shocked about the Nazis

Answer 19

Because of the soviet-nazi pact

Question 20

What did stalin hope the Nazis would do

Answer 20

Attack the west and then communists could come and liberate people

Question 21

Why did the nazi’s miss an opportunity with civilians

Answer 21

They were far more brutal and had a policy of killing or enslaving 70% of Soviets

Question 22

What was the war called

Answer 22

The great Patriotic war

Question 23

How many factories were moved

Answer 23

1523

Question 24

What did the tsar ban

Answer 24

Drink

Question 25

What was set up suspending civilian authority

Answer 25

Military zones

Question 26

When was the progressive bloc

Answer 26

1915

Question 27

What did the progressive bloc demand

Answer 27

To change ministers and a constitutional monarchy

Question 28

What was nicks response

Answer 28

Suspended the duna

Question 29

When did nick ii becone commander in chief

Answer 29

1915