The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945 (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Scorched earth tactics
Scorched earth tactics
Destroying resources to deny them to the enemy
Start of Soviet counter-offensive
Start of Soviet counter-offensive
1943 onwards
No. of Soviet towns/cities devastated
No. of Soviet towns/cities devastated
1,700
No. of Soviet villages devastated
No. of Soviet villages devastated
70,000
Siege of Leningrad period
Siege of Leningrad period
Autumn 1941 to spring 1944
Deaths in Leningrad siege
Deaths in Leningrad siege
600,000 from hunger & cold
Total Soviet civilian deaths by 1945
Total Soviet civilian deaths by 1945
Over 12 million
Babi Yar massacre (Sept 1941)
Babi Yar massacre (Sept 1941)
34,000 Jews shot near Kiev
Crimean Tatars deported (May 1944)
Crimean Tatars deported (May 1944)
240,000 to Uzbekistan
Soviet commissars
Soviet commissars
Political officers in military units