To What Extent Was the Strength of the Soviet Economy Responsible for the Soviet Victory in the Second World War?

His first five year plan was during 1928-1933 and this was the heavy industry plan which was making industries, transportation, and power supplies. The first of his methods was to use collectivization. Collectivization was the making of small farms into one big farm, and this would help increase the amount of products they make, and that would increase the amount of profit. Afterwards the people who were working on the farms would go into the city and be forced to work in the factories. The money then would be used to buy more more equipment which is industrial products which can help boost their profits yet again. Stalin was shown to be a heavy thinker, and to get his plans through, he made propaganda signs and speeches. He would focuses on telling his people the consequences if they didn’t work hard enough as a country, as they would be “falling behind... and those who fall behind are beaten”(Document 1). The propaganda speeches did work most of the time, but they felt hesitant as the goal for his five year plan was averaging to double the amount of, and “tripling in electricity (milliard kWh) from 5.05 to 17.0 in the end of 1933” (Document 2). Stalin

Stalin’s unwillingness to withdraw his forces from most parts of Eastern Europe increased hostilities between the USSR and the United States. Unlike Roosevelt, Truman had a deep distrust of Stalin and was pessimistic about the success of any negotiations with the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference. Therefore when Stalin refused to withdraw his forces Truman knew he could do very little to prevent Soviet troops from occupying most of the land, such as Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, much of Germany including Berlin, and parts of Austria including Vienna. This increased the tension between both countries, resulting in the USSR to be blamed for the start of

Soviet Union would have ben set until the Soviets allowed the U.S. free trade in eastern Europe. But this of course was not what the Soviet Union wished to have in the region. So, the U.S. put too much pressure on the Soviets through plans such as the Marshall Plan and this in return put the USSR on the defensive. Once the USSR entrenched itself to protect its interests, no room to

Stalin thought that Russia was far behind the rest of the western world. He devised a 5 year plan to get Russia up to speed with the rest of the world. This is similar to how Napoleon built the windmill. Stalin also created a centralized agriculture

Stalin’s Five Year Plans included the embarkment of huge industrial projects and a campaign to collectivise agriculture. Almost all party members agreed that the Soviet State would require massive industrial growth to achieve a secure society. Collectivisation was to be undertaken to ensure food supplies to the cities and help “mechanisation, increase output and reduce costs”. The first of Stalin’s Five Year Plans reflected Lenin’s ideas of giving priority to industries such as hydro-electric power, coal, iron, steel ships, railways, and machinery. However, this first plan failed due to falls in food and consumer goods output and the many unrealistic plan targets. The second of the Five Year Plans was scheduled to begin in October 1928 and “focused on the production of consumer goods for the workers and peasants to increase their production,” as well as development of heavy industry base for the military. The third of the Five Year Plans was intended to increase the supply of scarce consumer goods. However, the Third Plan never met its goals as it was interrupted by the German attack on Russia in June

In the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, the power of Hitler 's influence would make itself especially apparent. The role of the USSR in its defense of Stalingrad cannot be understated, but Soviet defeat would have been likely had Hitler not demanded that

Many people don’t know about the ruthless battles between Germany and Russia on the Eastern front of World War II. The original peace between those countries turned into hatred at Hitler’s invasion. The battles fought on the Eastern front were some of the biggest and most ferocious battles in history. Those battles left civilians and soldiers dead in the streets and the once fruitful cities reduced to rubble. Russia’s brutal involvement in World War II rivaled that of Hitler’s due to Hitler's betrayal, Operation Barbarossa, and the Battle of Stalingrad.

In conclusion, the battle of Stalingrad helped prevent the Germans from invading Russia and causing complete chaos between the two nations. So, be thankful for the Soviet Union approaching, fighting for six months, and conquering the Germans because if they hadn't, who knows where we would be at

The downfall of the Nazis in the War in the East can be attributed to their poor planning and underestimations of the Soviets. The sheer difference in manpower alone was staggering; while the Nazis mobilized around 18 million soldiers

Myth: America defeated Nazi Germany with help from its plucky British and United States sidekick

The battle of Stalingrad was fought in Russia, the Germans planned to swoop in and take what they wanted, but Russian leaders were expecting the Germans and they devised a top secret plan to deal with them. Russian leaders used resources to promote patriotism and they prepared

organizations responsible for these victories were organic to Army Group South and would be involved in the battle of Stalingrad (p. 31). Hitler had established the goal of reaching the Volga River during the summer of 1942. Stalingrad was a manufacturing city located on the west bank of the Volga. Stalingrad, named after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin translates to City of Stalin. The city had a population of approximately 450,000.

Although the Soviets had a superior number of tanks compared to Germany, they had to develop an effective tank repair service because their tanks were extremely vulnerable to German Tanks. As long as repair units were able to repair all or most of the tanks, then the

The second reason why I believe that it was right for Russia to enter the World War Two is that Russia should protect and help the rest countries in Europe in order to protect and help themselves. This is Important because firstly the Russians need other armies to help them. According to the reported in Winter War “Russia used 45 divisions each division had 18,000 men so by that reckoning Russia used 810,000 men nearly 25% of the whole of Finland's population. The Russians also used 1,500 tanks and 3,000 planes. When they did fly, the Russians took heavy casualties, losing 800 planes during the war over 25% of the planes used in the war. the Russians admitted that 48,000 of their men were killed and 158,000 wounded.”From this we can see that

The Bolsheviks believed they had to industrialise to achieve national strength and maintain independence. This was a shared view of non-Bolshevik predecessors such as Count Sergei Witte a former Russian minister. The Soviet Union needed a modern industry, especially a heavy industry, as there was the idea that they had to defend the revolution. They believed the Russian revolution was in constant danger from capitalist countries, which were militarily and technically far stronger than them. Then there was the belief that the building of socialism or communism involved industrialisation, and that a proletarian dictatorship was insecure so long as it ruled in an overwhelmingly peasant environment . Industrialisation was introduced to eradicate the backwardness that had plagued the country for so long so they could rise and defeat capitalism. In his speech in 1931 Stalin stated ‘we are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or we shall go under’ and that ‘it is the jungle law of capitalism. You are backward, you are weak - therefore you are wrong; hence you can be beaten and enslaved. You are mighty - therefore you are right; hence we must be wary of you. This is why we must no longer lag behind’ . These show the need for the Soviet Union to advance and become stronger than capitalist countries. Industrialisation also allowed the Soviet