Stalingrad

1.What does Joseph Stalin's advice to the people of Stalingrad say about him as a leader?
He has no regard for the lifes of his people. His only goal is to win.

2.Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin? So he would only have to fight one front at a time.


3.Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
The posters show germany as a tiger, a wolf, and a snake getting stabbed with a baonett which is the main weapon of the Russians. It shows the haterd of the germans for trying to conquer russia.

4.What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
Strategy and the will to do whatever it takes to win.

5.How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
We are fighting people who are not well equiped and really believe in what their fighting for.

6.In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11? Osama Bin Ladin because he rose up to train the Taliban soldiers.