During the time between the signing of the pact and the Nazi invasion, the value of the Soviet Union’s material resources was nearly doubled, an impressive achievement, even allowing for the low starting figure. As a result, the defense industry developed at three times the rate of all other industries. In 1940, the Soviet government spent 56 billion rubles on defense, more than twice as much as in 1938, and over 25 percent of all industrial investment. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989, p. “The period between 1939 and the middle of 1941 was marked on the whole by trans-formations that within two or three years would have given the Soviet people a brilliant army.” Airfields were modernized, ordnance depots and ammunition dumps set up, and military exercises for troops and commanders carried out. More than a 100,000 men were put to work on the fortification of the new western borders. The development of new weapons was speeded up. Especially after the war with Finland, a great deal of work was done toward retraining the Army.
In 1939-1941 the army increased by 2.5 times, many troops and supplies were transferred to the western districts, war production increased, and the number of military schools grew. Preparations for such a war were made by creating a modern defense industry, military aviation, an up-to-date navy, civil-defense training for the whole population, and so on. Of course he and his entourage always kept in mind the possibility of war with the capitalist countries, and in the late 30s this meant specifically Germany and Japan. New York, New York: The Dial press, 1941, p. From 1.5 billion rubles in 1933 it grew to 57 billion in 1940. Probably the best indication to the layman of the Red Army’s growth since the rise of Hitler is the fact the money allotted to it in the Soviet budget grew nearly 40 fold.
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