Stalin - WWII - the events 1939-1945

Question 1

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Answer 1

German invasion of the USSR by Germany

Question 2

When did Operation Barbarossa occur?

Answer 2

21/22 June 1941

Question 3

What is ‘blitzkrieg’?

Answer 3

‘lightening attack’

Question 4

What was the Nazi-Soviet pact?

Answer 4

A peace pact agreed August 1939

Question 5

Who informed the nation about the invasion?

Answer 5

Molotov

Question 6

When does Stalin make his first public wartime appearance?

Answer 6

3 July 1941

Question 7

Where does Stalin retreat to after the Nazi invasion?

Answer 7

His Dacha

Question 8

What did Stalin’s speech rekindle?

Answer 8

National patriotism

Question 9

Who did the people fight for?

Answer 9

Russia not socialism

Question 10

Who was key in defending Moscow in November 1941?

Answer 10

Zukhov

Question 11

What did the national minorities let happen during the war?

Answer 11

Invasions from the Germans - viewed as liberators

Question 12

How many joined Hitler’s side?

Answer 12

Over a million with 250,000 cossacks

Question 13

When did the siege of Stalingrad begin?

Answer 13

September 1942

Question 14

When did Stalin issue Order No.227?

Answer 14

July 1942

Question 15

What was Order No.227?

Answer 15

‘Not one step backwards’ - any soldier who fell behind or retreated would be shot on sight

Question 16

How many were sentenced to death under Order No.227?

Answer 16

150,000

Question 17

When does the Red Army take Berlin?

Answer 17

July 1945 - led by Zukhov