How Prepared was the USSR for Operation Barbarossa Knowledge Organiser

Knowledge organiser to complement Topic 21: The Great Patriotic War of the AQA Depth Study Option 2N - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53.

Includes economic preparations, military reformations and international espionage, a focus on Richard Sorge, the original and revised plans for Operation Barbarossa, Stalin’s mistakes (His failure to act quickly, his reliance on inferior officers as a result of the purge of the Red Army, and his initally poor battle calls), and what saved Stalin (Russia’s geography, population, harsh winters, Stalin’s ability to learn from his mistakes, his spy network and the focus of the Japanese on the Pacific theatre)