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Stalin's leadership |
* great terror- brutality already in place for huge losses * five year plans- war footing * wartime economy- move east * propaganda- patriotism * stop military elite repression Saluting, officer family benefits Generals controlled decisions |
Preparation- great terror and five year plans Move factories East Propaganda and nationalism Reversal of officer repression new benefits- tsarist policies Generals controlled decisions!!
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Lend lease |
* support from uk, usa, Canada * armaments and supplies to rescue agriculture and prevent famine ie food, lorries, aircraft * gosplan 'scheme 4% good for red army' but in reality more➡️ 95% 🚂 for soviet forces * VITAL- allowed industry to keep making weapons and to clothe army and feed people |
Armaments continue Food ppl and army clothes High quality goods 95% 🚂
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German mistakes |
* racial policy- didn't exploit anti Russian feeling in minorities * higher grain quotas then S * living standards maintained in Germany- 'retain support' * orders to defend territory regardless of significance *sieges in M+L tied down troops especially when weather ☔️⚡️ * troops all over USSR eg caspian for oil, Ukraine * delayed invasion for 2 months until Balkans war ended- short period of ☀️ coupled with very wet autumn (1941) and a freezing winter * supplies couldn't keep up with conditions- German advance halted + USSR time to recover
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Nazi racism didn't make use of ethnic minority anti Russian High grain quotas Maintains living standard Sieges tied down troops Delayed invasion- Balkans- Short period of good weather Supplies couldn't keep up |
