Stalin's Russia - World War II onwards 1939 - 1953

Stalin's Russia - World War II onwards 1939 - 1953

1. STALIN AND THE USSR

   • Stalin's popularity increased after defeating Germany
   • Communism spread
     • China became communist in 1949
       • Military and economic advisers from USSR sent to China
   • Stalin assisted North Korea during the Korean War in 1950 - 1953
   • Stalin died in 1953
     • Nikita Khrushchev succeeds him
       • Started 'de-stalinisation'
       • Announced in 1956 that Lenin's Testament had called for Stalin's removal from power

2. WWII

   • Operation Barbarossa
     • Severe winter 1941
     • 'Blitzkrieg'
   • Battle of Stalingrad
     • German's starved out
   • Battle of Kursk
   • War economy
     • Lend-Lease
       • Products didn't reach USSR until 1943
     • Better/more tanks than Germany
     • FYP4 strengthened the economy after the war

3. THE COLD WAR

   • East Berlin captured in 1945
   • Warsaw Pact
     • Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Albania and USSR