WWII

Question 1

What was the name of the German invasion of Russia and when was it

Answer 1

Operation Barbarossa

June 22 1941

Question 2

How long did the German advance last

Answer 2

Until December 1941

Question 3

When did the USSR start pushing the Germans out

Answer 3

Feb 1943

Question 4

What was Order 270 delivered in August 1941

Answer 4

“Fight to the last”

Question 5

What was the Moscow panic

Answer 5

Chaos in Moscow as the Germans approach leading to the relocation of the majority of the government (but Stalin stayed)

Question 6

What is commonly sighted as the Russian low point in the war

Answer 6

Battle of Rostov (July 1942)

Question 7

What was Order 227 given in July 1942

Answer 7

“Not a step back”

Question 8

When was the Leningrad blockade lifted

Answer 8

27 Jan 1944

Question 9

What was Operation Bagration

Answer 9

June 1944 offensive where in just 68 days the 1.2 million strong German army was destroyed and pushed out of Soviet territory

Question 10

What is the ratio of German to Russian deaths in Operation Bagration

Answer 10

4:1

Question 11

How long was the siege of Leningrad

Answer 11

900 days

Question 12

How was Stalin a weak leader in the war

Answer 12

Ignored people saying Hitler would invade
His purges of the Army had weakened it
Commitment to not retreating causing increased loss of life
No remorse

Question 13

How was Stalin a strong leader in the war

Answer 13

Rallying force - Personal address, something he had never done before
Strong orders
Eventually listened to advisers

Question 14

How many men had the Red army lost by December 1941

Answer 14

6 million

Question 15

What was the name of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Russia (1939-41)

Answer 15

Molotov–Ribbentrop pact

Question 16

What percentage of GDP was going towards the war

Answer 16

50%

Question 17

When did Stalin become Commander in Chief

Answer 17

10 July 1941

Question 18

What was the GKO

Answer 18

Supervisor of military, economic and political life within Russia

Question 19

What was the Stavka

Answer 19

Body in charge of all land, air and sea opperations

Question 20

How was Stalin portrayed in propaganda

Answer 20

All seeing, brave leader

Generalissimo

Question 21

How many Poles were executed in April 1940

Answer 21

20,000

Question 22

How many were deported to the Gulags in the new territories (1939-40)

Answer 22

1.5 million

Question 23

How many Volga Germans were deported in 1941

Answer 23

600,000

Question 24

What percentage of those deported died within 5 years

Answer 24

25%

Question 25

What were the Blocking Detachments

Answer 25

NKVD officers who would follow regiments and shoot cowards/deserters

Question 26

How many people were involved in the Punishment Companies

Answer 26

430,000

Question 27

Who were considered Deserters and Traitors

Answer 27

Deserters surrendered Traitors retreated

Question 28

How many Soviet citizens were deserted in other areas of Europe

Answer 28

5 million

Question 29

How many died in Russian labour camps (1941-45)

Answer 29

622,000

Question 30

What percentage of Russian industry was relocated to the east

Answer 30

8-10%

Question 31

How many new factories were opened

Answer 31

3,500

Question 32

What was the name of the Russia Tanks

Answer 32

T-34 & KV

Question 33

What percentage of farmers in the war were women

Answer 33

80%

Question 34

What was the state of the agricultural sector

Answer 34

People overworked, malnourished, poor living conditions. No horses to pull ploughs

Question 35

What was the Lend-Lease

Answer 35

US loan of supplies (Food, trucks, rail) that would be repaid after the war

Question 36

What did Khrushchev say about the Lend-Lease

Answer 36

without it "out losses would have been colossal" "without spam we wouldn't have been able to feed our army"

Question 37

How many women where serving in the armed forces

Answer 37

A million

Question 38

What percentage of the workforce were women

Answer 38

53%

Question 39

What was the biggest impact of women on the front

Answer 39

Nurses & Doctors Night Witches Snipers (12,000 killed)

Question 40

What was the death-toll of the war

Answer 40

27,000,000

Question 41

What was the population of men and women in Russia after the war

Answer 41

96m women 74m men

Question 42

How many were effectively homeless after the war

Answer 42

25 million

Question 43

How many towns and villages were destroyed

Answer 43

1,700 towns 70,000 villages

Question 44

What percentage of agricultural output was lost

Answer 44

40%