Question

source: various sources, including research by william chase, professor of history at the university of pittsburgh, and the russian ministry of defense.
note: much of the soviet data was gathered in the 1980s. historians today believe that all of these soviet numbers are low.
costs of world war ii: a soviet / us comparison

cost category	soviet union	us
civilian deaths	13,000,000	1,700
percent of nations population who died in the war	12	0.3
cities, towns, and villages damaged or destroyed	71,710	0
citizens made homeless by war	25,000,000	0
industrial destruction	31,850 businesses<br>40,000 miles of railroad track<br>13,000 bridges	0
agricultural destruction	99,676 farms	0

document analysis

1. how many soviet military died in world war ii? how many us military died?
2. how many soviet civilians died in world war ii? how many us civilians died?
3. what generalization can be made when comparing wartime soviet and us property damage?
4. what explains the huge difference between the soviet union and the us in terms of civilian deaths and property damage?
5. in 1942, 1943, and the first five months of 1944, joseph stalin was angry that his american and british allies were slow to attack germany from the west. this enabled hitler to concentrate his forces on the invasion of the soviet union. do the numbers in this chart help you understand why stalin was upset? explain.

Explanation:

1. From the table, the number of Soviet military deaths in WWII is 8,668,000 and US military deaths is 407,316.
2. The number of Soviet civilian deaths is 13,000,000 and US civilian deaths is 1,700.
3. The Soviet Union suffered extensive property - damage including destruction of cities, towns, villages, industrial and agricultural infrastructure, while the US had no such damage as indicated in the table.
4. The Soviet Union was in the war for a longer time and was a major theater of combat on its own territory, leading to higher civilian deaths and property damage.
5. The high number of Soviet military and civilian deaths, along with extensive property damage, shows that the Soviet Union bore the brunt of the German military force. The delay of the Western Allies in opening a second - front allowed Germany to focus more forces on the Soviet Union, which helps explain Stalin's anger.

Answer:

1. Soviet Union: 8,668,000; US: 407,316
2. Soviet Union: 13,000,000; US: 1,700
3. The Soviet Union suffered massive property damage while the US had none as shown.
4. Longer war presence and being a major combat territory.
5. Yes, the high Soviet losses due to Germany's focus on the Soviet Union explain Stalin's anger.