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1
Q

When did Russia turn communist?

A

In 1917

2
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What is another name for the 1917 Communist Revolution?

A

The Bolshevik Revolution

3
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Who led the Bolshevik Revolution?

A

Lenin

4
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What did the USA and Britain do shortly after the Communists came to power in Russia?

A

They provided military forces to fight against the Communists in the Russian Civil War (1917-22)

5
Q

What did Britain react harshly to in 1926?

A

The General Strike

6
Q

What was the General Strike?

A

When about 1.5million workers went on strike in Britain

7
Q

Why did the British government react harshly to the 1926 General Strike?

A

They believed it was the work of the USSR

8
Q

Why did businessmen and politicians in the West fear Communism?

A

They feared their private property would be taken away and they would be made poorer under a Communist regime

9
Q

What was one of Hitler’s foreign policy aims (to do with Communism)?

A

To abolish Communism

10
Q

Why did tensions increase between the West and the USSR during the 1930s?

A

Stalin believed Britain and the USA were appeasing Hitler so that Hitler would attack the USSR

11
Q

What did Hitler and Stalin sign in 1938?

A

The Nazi-Soviet Pact

12
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When did Hitler and Stalin sign the Nazi Soviet Pact?

A

In 1938

13
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What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact state?

A

1) Germany and the USSR would not fight each other

2) They would divide Poland between them

14
Q

Why was the Nazi-Soviet Pact a surprise?

A

Because the Nazis and Soviets hated each other!

15
Q

When did Hitler invade the USSR?

A

June 1941

16
Q

Why did the USA and USSR ally with Stalin during WWII?

A

To defeat their common enemy: Hitler

17
Q

What did the USA and Britain send to the USSR during the war?

A

Vital supplies

18
Q

At which battle were the mighty German army finally defeated, turning the tide of the war?

A

The Battle of Stalingrad

19
Q

What was the Soviet army known as?

A

The Red Army

20
Q

What did Churchill say about the Red Army during WWII?

A

That they ‘ripped the heart out’ of the German army

21
Q

What did Stalin ask the USA and Britain to do to help win the war?

A

Open a second front (e.g. invade France)

22
Q

Why was there tension between the USSR and Britain and USA in 1942-43?

A

Stalin thought his allies were delaying opening a second front so more Soviet troops would die

23
Q

When did the West finally open a second front?

A

In June 1944

24
Q

What is the second front also known as?

A

D-Day (The Normandy Beach Landings)

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