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The reasons for Stalin's victory - Coggle Diagram
The reasons for Stalin's victory
The USSR was already a planned economy in 1941
allowed a seamless transition into total war conditions in which government control of production and distribution of resources
State committee of defence (GOKO) set up on June 30th 1941, Stalin was chairman
Took charge of every aspect of USSR defence
Followed the actions of the frontline closely, made it clear to generals that retreat or surrender was not an option
Order No. 270 August 1941 - those who surrendered to the german's should be destroyed by any means possible
Propaganda
Conflict was labelled "Great Motherland War"
fought to save Mother Russia rather than a war to save communism
nationalism would have appealed to the emotions of the people.
For Hitler this was a racial war against an enemy that was subhuman
led to mistreatment of the Slav population
huge error as some areas in Ukraina and Baltic states had supported Germany and seen them as Liberators
soon changed as death tools of civilians rose from German policies of extermination and eviction
to prevent any further internal disturbance Stalin re-settled large number of Chechens
Chechens- people from the Balkans, Karachi's, Meskhetians, Crimean Tatars Balts, Ukrainians, Cossacks
Orthodox church was restored to a position of great prominence
Winter
The German forces made swift progress towards Moscow in the first five months
Stalled as winter brought in rain, frost and snows
with ther advance halted, it gave the red army breathing space to recover in 1941
Huge expanse of the Soviet Union allowed soviet forces to retreat eastwards
Many factories could be dismantled and shipped east of the Urals, re-assembled and brought back into production
External help
Received aid from the US lend-lease agreement in summer of 1941
British royal navy shipped large quantities of equipment along artic passage to Murmasnk
Stalingrad
End of siege in Stalingrad coincided with the defeat of German forces in El Alamein in North Africa
Allied invasion of Sicily took place at the same time as the battle of Kursk
Required German forces to be diverted
Deathtoll
More than 27 million Soviet Citizens were killed during WW2
made losses of Britain and USA pale in comparison
Stalin used this as an advantage in meeting with Churchill and Roosevelt
Stalin's leadership, fear of failure, and Russian Nationalism all played an important part in the victory of the USSR