Questions and Answers








1.) What does Joseph Stalin's advice to the people of Stalingrad say about him as a leader?

--Joseph Stalin wasn't a good leader, he didn't care about his people of stalingrad. He didn't care weather or not his people died.






2.) Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin?

--Hitler reascts in this way after signing the non-aggression because Stalin doesn't know that hitler is going to have a surprise.







3.) Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.

--The significance of propaganda in the battle is showing that Hitler was beaten down by Russia. It also showed people how bad the Nazi's were.







4.) What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?

--The extremes of the war reveals that it is hard to win a total war. Killing alot of people doesn't win a war. This shows that when in war its hard to end it because theres always alot of killing and fighting. Your not alowed to give up you have to contunite no matter if everyones dieing.





5.) How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?

--Hes fighting for what he believes in, hes fighting for his country. Hes kind of like us in iraq hes not fighting on his lad hes on the enemys soil. Hes more of an independent peoples there isn't much support like iraq has. More like iraq there independnt people with guns then there are a group of people fighting agasint the United States.





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?

--A heroic figure from 9/11 would be Geroge Bush alot of people thought of him as a heroic figrue because he stood up after the attack, showed the united states what they were going to do.