WW2 Flashcards
Siege of Leningrad: How long did the siege take place for.
872 Days.
Siege of Leningrad: How many soldiers were in the red army.
200,000 red army soldiers.
Siege of Leningrad: How many inhabitants helped during the siege.
Around 3 million.
Siege of Leningrad: What did the Leningraders do to help defend the city at first.
Dug anti-tank ditches and reinforced the city.
Siege of Leningrad: How did they get supplies.
The road of Doroga Zizmi across the frozen lake.
Siege of Leningrad: What were the conditions like.
Sub zero temperatures, factories producing munitions, 125g of bread a day and many diseases.
Siege of Leningrad: How many died between Jan/ Feb 1942.
200,000
Siege of Leningrad: How many died by the end.
800,000 roughly
Siege of Leningrad: What happened after the war.
Awarded the order of Lenin and the hero city of the soviet union.
The Battle of Stalingrad: Describe the German battle plan.
capture the city, cross the river Volga and sweep southwards towards the caucus and Caspian sea.
The Battle of Stalingrad: What were the key stages.
German troops reached the river Volga and fought there way into the city- took 80 percent of it.
The Battle of Stalingrad: what was the outcome for germany
The red army realised the troops in Stalingrad were made up of weak troops from Italy, Romania and Hungary.
The Battle of Stalingrad: What was the battle described as.
The turning point of the war as the allies realised the Germans were not as strong as first believed.
The battle of Kursk: how many tanks did the germans have.
3000
The battle of Kursk: How many men did they have
Around 900.000
The battle of Kursk: How many aircrafts did they have.
1800 Luftwaffe’s
The battle of Kursk: How did Russia know the plans.
NKVD
The battle of Kursk: What did Russia do for defence.
set out vigarous defence, 400,000 mines 170km in depth.
The battle of Kursk: What happened on July 5th-11th.
Massive German tank offensive, made Russians retreat 30m.
The battle of Kursk: What did Russia do in response to the German offensive.
Lead a counter attack, destroyed 40 percent of what tanks were left, 2900 destroyed, 70,000 men killed.
The battle of Kursk: What gains did Russia make.
Soviet Army continuoud to advance steadily, tarpped the German forces in Crimea.
1944: What did the Soviets capture.
The black sea port of Odessa.
1944: Why was D-Day important.
It opened up the second front for the Allies.
1944: What did the Russians capture early in June
Minsk.
1944:Where did Russia advance in the middle of June.
river vistula in Poland.
1944: Why did Stalin not help the Poles uprising against Germany.
In order to terminate the poled that may cause difficulty after the war is over.
1944: How long did they remain at the river vistula for.
6 months.
1944:Where did the Russians sweeop through.
Latvia, Estonia and Lithuinia
1945: What were the Russians planning to do
Launch their final offensive into the heart of Germany.
1945:What happened on the 12th January.
Russia captured Warsaw and poured through the German Bridgehead of defences.
1945: What river did the soviets advance through.
the river Oder.
1945:What was the discipline of the red army on German soil.
poor, killed and raped innocents.
1945: How far away were the Russian tanks from Berlin.
6oKM from the capital.
1945: What happened a week later than the tanks.
First Russians entered the outskirts of Berlin.
1945:What defended Germany
A type of home guard
1945: How many defended Germany.
around 1 million people.
1945:How far away were the red army on the 3oth April
a few meters away.
1945:On the 30th April what did Hitler do.
take his own life.
1945:What did the 2 generals do with the soviet flag.
Waved it above the Reichstag.
1945:What were the generals names.
Yegorov and Kantariya.
1945:When did Germany unconditionally surrender.
May 7th
Barbarossa failures: Hitler was too…..
overconfident and underestimated the power of the soviets.
Barbarossa failures: Transport.
The rail tracks were different to those in Germany, harder to transport munitions and men
Barbarossa failures: ‘Scorched Earth policy’ explain
Destroy everything in order to help their survival.( Stalin )
Barbarossa failures:Weather.
Hitlers army could not withstand the extreme weather while Russia were well equipped and were used to bad weather.
Barbarossa failures: Strength of…..
red army aided by the NKVD.
Barbarossa failures:What did Germany lack
food and munitions.
Barbarossa failures: How many fronts
Fighting on 2 fronts confused Germany
