WW2: Soviet Union & Eastern Front Theater

Other than sending material, how did the United States and other Allies help the Soviet Union in its war on Germany?

• Opening a second front in Europe

• Bombing German industries

How much material did the United States send to the Soviet Union during World War II? You may give your answer as tons or as U.S. World War II dollars.

17.5 million tons

What were the three routes by which the United States sent material to Russia during World War II?

• Northern/Arctic

• Persian

• Pacific

What were the five categories of aid sent to the Soviet Union by the United States that we discuss in the previous class period?

• Military vehicles

• Weapons

• Raw materials

• Food

• Medical supplies

What was the code name Germany assigned for the great Russian offensive that began on June 22, 1941?

Operation Barbarossa

In what month of 1941 did the Soviet counterattack occur which stopped the initial German Offensive?

December

What city was the primary goal of the German 1942 offensive in the Soviet Union?

Stalingrad

The Soviet Offensive known as The Destruction of Army Group Center by historians took place in the same month as what Western Allied offensive?

Operation Overlord

What was unique about the German surrender to the Soviet Union at the end of World War II?

It required a double surrender

Where did the final Soviet offensive of World War II take place?

Prague, Czechoslovakia