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Reasons for the success of the Soviet Union - Coggle Diagram
Reasons for the success of the Soviet Union
War economy
This is where whoever could produce the most weapons would win this long drawn-out war.
Soviet Union's weapons
Soviet Union had a higher proportion than Britain, Germany, USA.
Huge armament factories were made in the east.
People had shifts of up to 12-18 hours working.
The heroism of the Soviet People
Leningrad was being shelled for 19 hours a day for 900 years and having food ration reaching near starvation levels with 800,000 dead in 3 years.
Many showed heroism through their patriotic duty as they together thought that Nazi's were sworn enemies and none of them should be able to invade their motherland.
They also made strict rules such as being 20 minutes late to your duty could land imprisonment many soldiers who refused to fight were instantly shot,
Allied help
America supply for Soviet Union: 12% of its airplanes, 10% of its tanks, 2% of its artillery.
America also contributed to 95% of its trains and 75% of its jeeps.
America supplied Soviet Union with 17% of its food.
Stalin provided excellent leadership
He set up STAVKA for commands on the military,
He also led the GKO which ran the economy.
Stalin also learnt from his mistakes in 1941 and he appointed Zhukov as head of the military.
German mistakes
Germany launched their invasion before defeating Britain.
Operation Barbarossa in the winter
Battle of Stalingrad failure of not retreating