Considering to Economic Policy, Battle and Diplomatic Policy
Soviet Union, as a powerful representative of communism, used to be one of the most significant factors which decided the end of the WWII. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union only existed for 69 years long and thereafter replaced by Russia. But thanks to its extraordinary contribution and the deadliest sacrifice to the WWII, the world could eventually back to the temporary peace.
During the period of WWII, Joseph Stalin was the highest commander in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. And under his guiding hand, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into a powerful country that was proud of its strong military force and industrialization. …show more content…
Stalin called for transferring all the private farmland into Soviet nationalized land, which resulted in the creation of collective farms. In the collective farms, farmers worked, ate, rest and share the same equipment in the shared land, aiming at improving efficiency in the production and decreasing the status discrimination between the classes in the society. As his first agriculture reform proceeded, it caused lots of problems such as decreasing farmers’ incentives and infuriating rich farmland owners. Because of the effect of collectivization, rich owners were forced to share their private assets with farmers. This actually led to the discontented voice around those privileged owners and some of them even tempted to revolt government in violent ways. But under Stalin’s intensive supervising system, many suspects were executed publicly with the political crime or murdered in secret. Besides, a lot of innocent people were prosecuted because of the imposed suspicion from the government. Subsequently, this period of time was described as “Great Purge” and it was the worst fault during the ascendancy of …show more content…
And Soviet industrialization had been as rapid as rocket after the process of first FYP. However, the quantity was much more important than quality and a majority of Soviet engineers were relatively inexperienced in contrast to the other countries. In that case, the quality of Soviet vehicles was placed in a inferior role comparing to Allied and German vehicles. The situation improved prominently after the start of the war in 1941 because Soviet troops actually suffered from their own armaments of poor quality. One of the famous examples in Soviet’s manufacturing field was the Stalingrad tractor factory. As the war approached in 1942, the production of T-34 tankers replaced the original tractor and soldiers could drive it immediately from the assembly line to the battlefield. Owing to the accumulation of industry experience and power, Soviet army could counter back with an abundance of aircraft and tankers though they had lost a majority of their land. The soaring Soviet Union indeed had a vital influence on the WWII and they spread the idea of communism by showing industrial and military