Stalin and international relations

Question 1

Why did the west fear the USSR?

Answer 1

feared spread of communism, wary of comintern

Question 2

What percentage of foreign workers in USSR in 1930 were german?

Answer 2

70% of 9000

Question 3

What did Germany benefit from with the USSR?

Answer 3

German military training in Russia due to Treaty of Versailles - Russia learnt and germany had better troops

Question 4

When did Germany and the USSR negotiate the continuation of Berlin Treaty?

Answer 4

1931

Question 5

When did Stalin move away from cooperation with Germany?

Answer 5

After Hitlers rise to Chancellor in 1933

Question 6

When was Russia asked to join the League of Nations?

Answer 6

September 1934

Question 7

How did the USSR benefit from the League of Nations membership?

Answer 7

offered international cooperation against Hitler
could influence Britain and France

Question 8

How did the West benefit from the USSR League of Nations membership?

Answer 8

strengthened security against Japan and Germany

Question 9

When did Japan and Germany leave the League of Nations?

Answer 9

1933

Question 10

What was Stalin slow to react to?

Answer 10

Hitler’s regime - even after KPD repression.

Question 11

When was the Non-aggression pact with France?

Answer 11

November 1932H

Question 12

Who signed a Non-aggression pact in Dec 1932?

Answer 12

Poland

Question 13

Who signed mutual assistance pacts in May 1935?

Answer 13

France and Czechoslovakia.

Question 14

What could be said about the mutual assistance pacts?

Answer 14

not followed by any military planning

Question 15

What was announced at the 1935 Comintern Congress?

Answer 15

Communist parties were encouraged to form ‘popular fronts’ with socialists to fight fascism

Question 16

When did the Spanish civil war break out?

Answer 16

July 1936

Question 17

When did Stalin decide to intervene in the Spanish civil war?

Answer 17

Septtember 1936 - military equipment and ‘advisors’

Question 18

What did Stalin move his strategy regarding the Spanish Civil war?

Answer 18

1937 - prolonging Spanish Civil War - wearing down German and Italian forces on Nationalist side

Question 19

What was Stalin disappointed by in relation to the spanish Civil war?

Answer 19

France and Britains inaction in fighting fascism - signalled weak against Nazi Germany

Question 20

What exacerbated fear and dislike of Soviet Communism in the west?

Answer 20

Soviet intervention in the Spanish Civil war

Question 21

What did France and Britain protest in March 1938?

Answer 21

the German annexation of Austria - took no further action

Question 22

When was the Munich conference?

Answer 22

September 1938

Question 23

Who was in the Munich conference?

Answer 23

Germany, France, Britain and Italy - what to do with region of Czechoslovakia

Question 24

When did Germany begin their invasion of Czechoslovakia?

Answer 24

March 1939

Question 25

What was Stalin very concerned about in regards to foreign policy?

Answer 25

Japanese aggression, Japan's military dictatorship build powerful war machine

Question 26

Where did Japan invade in 1931 and 1937?

Answer 26

Manchuria - 1931 China - 1937

Question 27

When did War start with Japan after minor border confrontations?

Answer 27

May 1939

Question 28

Where did the USSR defeat Japan in August 1939?

Answer 28

Khalkhin Gol - Soviet Mongolia

Question 29

When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed?

Answer 29

23 August 1939

Question 30

what did the Nazo-Soviet pact agree to?

Answer 30

Germany and USSR would respect territories, trade and settle disputes peacefully

Question 31

What was a secret part of the Nazi-Soviet pact?

Answer 31

divided eastern europe into spheres of influence

Question 32

Who did Stalin keep dialogue open with after the 1939 pact?

Answer 32

Western countries - continued anti-Nazi propaganda

Question 33

What could Stalin's policy towards Germany be seen as?

Answer 33

inconsistent - however could be seen as keeping USSR safe from war

Question 34

What was Stalin well aware of?

Answer 34

Hitler's Soviet invasion plan

Question 35

Why was the Red Army not ready for war in 1939?

Answer 35

the purges and administrative confusion over rearmament

Question 36

How did the Nazi-Soviet pact benefit Stalin?

Answer 36

Breathing space, territory gains, avoidance of two front war, USSR neutral as countries wore each other out

Question 37

How did the Nazi-Soviet pact benefit Hitler?

Answer 37

Free reign to invade Poland, Raw materials from USSR, Avoiding war on two fronts

Question 38

When did Germany begin it's invasion of Poland?

Answer 38

September 1939

Question 39

What did the USSR seize control over in 1940?

Answer 39

Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia

Question 40

Who did the USSR attempt to invade?

Answer 40

Finland in November 1939

Question 41

What was the outcome of the 'Winter War'?

Answer 41

Finland gave 10% of land to USSR - showed weakness of Red Army

Question 42

how long did stalin calculate Hitler couldnt' invade the USSR from?

Answer 42

May 1942

Question 43

What did Stalin ignore, thinking he could trust Hitler?

Answer 43

ignored warnings from spy network - suggested Hitler had begun invasion prep in Oct 1940

Question 44

When did the Nazi's begin the invasion of the USSR

Answer 44

22nd June 1941, USSR long way from being prepared