Weapons
The Soviet T-34 was this type of vehicle.
What is a tank?
He was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, began in this year.
What is 1941?
The Germans reached the outskirts of this Soviet capital in December 1941 but were pushed back.
What is Moscow?
The Eastern Front was mainly fought between Germany and which country?
What is the Soviet Union?
The PPSh-41 was famous for its very high rate of fire. What kind of weapon was it?
What is a submachine gun?
The German dictator who launched Operation Barbarossa.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This battle, fought in a city on the Volga River, was a turning point in the war.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
The Battle of Kursk in 1943 was the largest clash of these vehicles in history.
What are tanks?
Germany invaded the Soviet Union under the codename Operation _______.
What is Barbarossa?
Soviet soldiers nicknamed this rocket launcher “Stalin’s Organ.”
What is the Katyusha?
This Soviet marshal helped save Moscow and later commanded at Stalingrad.
Who is Georgy Zhukov?
The Siege of this city lasted nearly 900 days, with over a million civilians dying.
What is Leningrad?
This battle in 1942–43 is remembered as the bloodiest in history.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Hitler’s push into the south in 1942 was partly to capture oil in this region.
What is the Caucasus?
The German MG42 had such a rapid rate of fire it was nicknamed what?
What is “Hitler’s Buzzsaw”?
This German general surrendered the 6th Army at Stalingrad.
Who is Friedrich Paulus?
The Soviet counteroffensive that trapped the German 6th Army at Stalingrad was called what?
What is Operation Uranus?
The Red Army captured this capital in January 1945, paving the way to Berlin.
What is Warsaw?
This major river running through Stalingrad was key to controlling supplies.
What is the Volga River?
This German tank, introduced in 1943, was built specifically to counter the Soviet T-34.
What is the Panther?
This Soviet sniper became legendary during the Battle of Stalingrad with over 300 confirmed kills.
Who is Vasily Zaitsev?
In 1944, the Soviets destroyed Germany’s Army Group Centre during this massive operation.
What is Operation Bagration?
The Soviet offensive across this river in April 1945 led directly to the Battle of Berlin.
What is the Oder River?
Hitler diverted troops away from Moscow in 1942 to target this oil-rich area and city.
What is Baku (or the Caucasus oil fields)?