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6. How many speeches did Stalin give during the war?

  • 15
  • 17
  • 9
  • 12

7. How long did the siege of Leningrad last for?

  • 3.75 yrs
  • 1 yr
  • 2.5 yrs
  • 2 yrs

8. How many were captured near Kiev at the start of the Great Patriotic War?

  • 6,650
  • 65,600
  • 665,000
  • 66,500

9. How long did the Battle of Kursk last?

  • 12 days and then Germans retreated
  • 2 months before Germans ran out of supplies
  • 2 weeks and T-34 tanks proved superior
  • 10 days and German tanks were superior

10. Which of the following items was NOT lacking on the New Frontier by June 1941?

  • metal
  • Heavy guns
  • Radio equipment
  • minefields

11. What was the name of the salvation of Leningrad during the war?

  • Lake Ladoga or Doroga Zhizni
  • Khal Dhrogo or River Lagos
  • Lake Talbot or Gran Turon

12. What was the name given by the Germans to the Invasion of Russi?

  • Operation Barbarossa
  • Operation Sealion
  • Operation Typhoon
  • Operation Bagration

13. By 1943, Stalin began to use what group with a centralised military structure?

  • Western allies
  • Enemies of the State
  • Partisan Units
  • Nazi deserters

14. Which of the following regarding Soviet defence in May 1941 is FALSE?

  • Earthworks and fortresses were not built
  • Armament factories remained in the West
  • Stalin threatened Hitler due to intelligence of reconnaissance flights into Soviet territory by Nazis
  • Frontiers were relatively lightly manned
  • Stalin refuesed to believe British and NKVD intelligence of an impending invasion

15. How many wagons were used to move whole factories out of Moscow between 1942 and 1943?

  • 20,000
  • 80,000
  • 40,000
  • 160,000

16. How many were arrested for cannibalism in Leningrad?

  • 2,260 (Just a token gesture)
  • 226 (Just a token gesture)
  • 226,000 (Just a token gesture)
  • 26 (Just a token gesture)

17. How many German troops were killed and captured in Stalingrad during the war?

  • 9,100 killed and 14,700 POWs
  • 147,000 killed and 91,000 POWs
  • 14,700 killed and 9,100 POWs
  • 91,000 killed and 147,000 POWs

18. How many soviet troops surrendered after the fall of Kiev in September 1941

  • 200,000
  • 500,000
  • 1m
  • very few as most died fighting against Nazi armies

19. 'Not a step back' was declared in which of the following policies in July 1942?

  • Order 00447
  • Order 001
  • Order 227
  • Order 270

20. What period did the first phase of the Great Patriotic War cover?

  • December 1941-December 1942
  • June 1941-Summer 1942
  • Winter 1941 - Summer 1942
  • June 1942-June 1943