WW2- Societal impacts

Question 1

How many people died as a result of WW2 and what amount of this was civillian?

Answer 1

-27 million Russians
-2/3 civilian

Question 2

How many died from the seige of Leningrad?

Answer 2

-1 million

Question 3

How many casualties from the battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 3

-1.1m

Question 4

What did all of the deaths of ww2 cause?

Answer 4

-lack of a labour force.

Question 5

How many prisioners of war taken by Germans?

Answer 5

-5 million

Question 6

How many Russians switched sides to Germany during the battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 6

-50,000

Question 7

How did Stalin react to the deserters at the battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 7

-traitors
-13,000 shot.

Question 8

How many women did Russian soliders rape during the counter offensive on Berlin?

Answer 8

-2 million.
-Stalin- ‘what is so awful about having fun with a woman’

Question 9

How did Stalin’s behaviour towards women and deserters cause soured foreign realtions following the war?

Answer 9

-little to enhance economic aid and reconstruction.