HIST 3203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Economy Of Nazi Germany, Economy Of The Soviet Union, Operation Bagration
Document Summary
This was not known as world war ii in russia. It was instead called the great patriotic war. This shows how important it was to soviets. The war in the su started in 1941 to 1945. Stalin originally underestimated hitler, and would continue to do so. From 1933, stalin believed that hitler was the icebreaker. Hitler"s rise to power in germany was interpreted by the last stand by the german middle classes. He only saw him as a creature of the middle class, and he would fail, and thus, capitalism would collapse in germany. He would therefore start an international revolution, thus, him being the icebreaker. In 1935, there was a shift to the popular front strategy. It was a cautious attempt to work with socialists to contain facism, which lasted until. In august 1939, russia would shape their place in the war. There was the nazi - soviet non-aggression pact.
