Chapter 5 - The Second World War and After 1941-53

Question 1

How fast was Operation Barbarossa moving towards the USSR

Answer 1

80 km a day

Question 2

How many Red Army Soldiers were Captured by the end of 1941

Answer 2

3+ million

Question 3

By how much did Iron and Steel production drop during WW2

Answer 3

60%

Question 4

How cold does it get in Soviet Winters

Answer 4

-35 degrees Celsius

Question 5

Why were the German troops greatly slowed down as winter hit?

Answer 5

They were not prepared for such cold temperatures

-35 degreesW

Question 6

What was WW2 called in the Soviet Union

Answer 6

The Great Patriotic War

Question 7

What policy was used to prevent the Germans from gaining too much

Answer 7

Scorched Earth Policy

Question 8

How many factories were moved to the east during the German attacks of the west

Answer 8

1,500

Question 9

Soviet Aircraft compared to German
1941 / 1945

Answer 9

1941 - 15,000 +
- 11,000 +

1945 - 21,000
- 7,000 +

Question 10

Soviet Tanks compared to German
1941 / 1945

Answer 10

1941 - 6,500+
- 5,200

1945 - 15,400
- N/A
(1944 = 27,300)

Question 11

Significance of Stalingrad

Answer 11

Was Germany’s first proper defeat

Question 12

How many Soldiers casualties in Stalingrad
Soviets and Germans

Answer 12

500,000 soldiers
+40,000 Civillian deaths

147,000 soldiers died
91,000 taken prisoner

Question 13

Coal production
1940 / 1945 / 1950

Answer 13

1940 - 166 million tonnes
1945 - 149 million tonnes
1950 - 261 million tonnes

Question 14

Steel production
1940 / 1945 / 1955

Answer 14

1940 - 18 million tonnes
1945 - 12 million tonnes
1950 - 27 million tonnes

Question 15

Post war purges - Gulag population
1942 - 1947

Answer 15

1942 - 1.6 million
1947 - 4.7 million
^^ tripled!