cost of the war
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- Created on: 17-04-17 16:06
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- The cost of the war
- Human cost
- Deaths
- Approx 10% (20 million) of the population died as a direct result
- Another 10 million died because of injuries
- Dislocation
- Approx 35 million ended up in German-Occupied territory
- Many fled German occupation
- Others took advantage of war to flee communism
- Women
- Responsible for the home front
- Worked in industry as well as looking after the home
- Working 8/12 hour days
- Days off cancelled
- Deaths
- The economic cost
- Total cost
- Estimated cost said to have wiped out all the progress made in first 2 5YP's
- Infrastructure
- Had to be reorganised
- Factories in areas of danger destroyed or dismantled
- 32,000 factories and 65,000km of railway destroyed
- Production
- Decline in economic production-conscription and reorganisation contributed
- Industrial output declined and grain production also fell
- Rationing
- Citizens lived on paltry rations in war
- Gov kept 90% of grain for the army
- Total cost
- Human cost
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