Monday- Watch World Wars, Tuesday- Finish segment of World Wars, Wednesday- Start Soviet Union presentations, Thursday- Finish Soviet Unions presentation and start Mr. bruns' notes, Friday finish Mr. Bruns' Notes
Soviet Union-
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx "Communist Manifesto"
Involved in crimes to fund Bolshevik Revolution
Stalin kept moving up in the ranks of the Communist Party
Lenin died in 1924
Stalin became leader in 20s
Wanted to be an industrial superpower
Signed non aggression pact with Hitler
Germany broke non aggression pact
Soviet Union became part of the Allies
Died from stroke in 1953
De Stalinization happened after his death
Responsible for 20 million deaths
Home-front and propaganda in Soviet Union
Harsh discipline
People went hungry
Depended on farmers
Needed a lot more then they had
Major battle strategies
Larger numbers
Climate
Burn the fighting ground
Stalin's draconian order No. 227
Women on the front lines
Major battles
Invasion of Poland on September 17,1939
Germany invaded Poland
84,000 killed
Invasion of Soviet Union June 22,1941
Operation Barbarossa
Invaded by Germany
Fail for the Axis powers
Siege of Leningrad September 8, 1941
Over 1,000,000 civilians died
Lasted 872 days
Total casualties were over 4 million
Battle of Stalingrad August 23, 1942
Bloodiest battle
Turning point for the Soviets
Over 2 million dead
Battle of Berlin April 14, 1945
Red army breached
End in Europe
May 2, 1945
173,000 killed
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