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Coupled with the relatively fair distribution factor, in 1941 the average standard of living of the working class (excluding peasants) in the Soviet Union was second only to a few countries such as the United States, Germany, and Switzerland (Note 1), so although the Great Purge put everyone in the CPSU at risk, Stalin's prestige in the Soviet Union, especially among the urban dwellers, was on the contrary skyrocketing, after all, the victims were only a small part, and most of them were not ordinary people, while the economic development and improvement of life benefited the general public

Similar to the United States, the Soviet Union's abundant natural resources also benefited its industrial development a lot, but although the total resources of the Soviet Union were not below the United States, there was a certain gap in comprehensiveness, especially the two strategic resources of tin and natural rubber were seriously lacking, and due to the underdeveloped petrochemical industry, the latter's shortage was difficult to fully make up for by synthetic rubber like the United States and Germany. In addition, although the reserves of rare earths and tungsten in the Soviet Union are not low, they are not sufficient to meet the maximum demand in the state of war due to insufficient exploration or poor Jishu technology (so more consumption or waste) and other factors, and must import part of it from China. Of course, there was nothing wrong with a minimum of self-sufficiency, but the Soviet Red Army, which had a standing army of 5 million men and saw the German army sweeping through Western Europe, would not wait forever, whether for security or profit. Fortunately, the current relations between the Soviet Union and China are not bad, so these resources are not difficult to obtain. However, the historical issue between the two countries became a thorn in Stalin's heart, which made him always a little uneasy

The fourth is the United Kingdom, which in the eyes of most people relied on the United States to save the country from extinction, but after all, Britain is the boss of the old empire and the British Commonwealth, and its roots are actually quite deep, although it has lost a large number of colonies in recent years, it still retains East Malaya, most of India, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Labrador and Newfoundland (both are now Canadian territories, about the same size as China's Sichuan Province). ), Guyana, Jamaica and other Atlantic islands, and Fiji and other Pacific islands, and with the strong support of the United States, it was only a matter of time before the British and Indian forces defeated the misguided Indian communist forces. Such a vast colony provided Britain with almost inexhaustible resources and financial resources.

Except for the colonies under direct control. Britain also indirectly controls completely obedient client states such as South Africa (including Namibia), and has the firm support of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other Commonwealth member states. And even if it's just the UK, the heritage is not trivial. In 1941, after frequent German air raids, the Shetland Islands and then Northern Ireland were lost. The UK's domestic industrial output still exceeds $12 billion. Crude steel production reached 15 million tons

Even Britain's greatest weakness, human resources, showed great potential after the general mobilization of the British government, after thwarting the German attempt to land on British soil. The British government immediately announced that it would further expand its military to 3 million troops, and before that, Britain had already suffered more than a million casualties in the past few years. In fact, Britain today still has a maximum mobilization capacity of more than 5 million people, a figure that is much larger if you count the colonies, client states, and the younger brothers of the Commonwealth

In terms of Jishu weapons, although Britain was far inferior to the past because of the great losses in the war, in 1941 Britain produced more than 9,000 combat aircraft and more than 6,000 tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled guns (Britain did not fully enter the wartime system until the second half of the year, otherwise the output would be much larger.) It is enough to prove the industrial potential of this country. As for the navy, although the losses in the year were unprecedented, after obtaining two American battleships to fill the gap in the capital ships, the British Royal Navy regained a huge advantage over the German Navy in all aspects, except for the damned submarines

But when it comes to submarines, Britain's congenital defects as an island nation are inevitably exposed: if the lines of communication at sea are cut off by the enemy, the more than 40 million people on the island of Great Britain will be plunged into famine, and the island's vast industrial capacity will be rendered meaningless

In fifth place is Japan, which has just made a successful attack on Pearl Harbor (China does not participate in the ranking, but will be commented on separately in Zuihou). Although the defeat of the war of aggression against China hurt Japan's vitality, but the United States' large amount of economic and jishu aid allowed Japan to survive the most difficult period, and then with the secret establishment of the Federation of Industry and Economic Affairs, Japan worked together and miraculously achieved industrial revitalization in less than three years, in 1941, Japan's total industrial output value exceeded the $10 billion mark for the first time, and the output of major industrial products comprehensively exceeded the data before the war of aggression against China. Crude steel production reached 15 million tonnes (although 6 million tonnes were exported, with China being the largest buyer). This is more than double the number of the same period in history, and although this is directly related to the Japanese government's efforts to promote oxygen top-blowing converters since 1938, such achievements are still impressive.

However, just like the "economic miracle" of Nazi Germany, the rapid revival of Japanese industry was also based on a large amount of debt, and unlike the German government's emphasis on improving the living standards of the people, the living standards of the Japanese people did not improve at all because of the rapid development of industry. This, coupled with the fact that Emperor Takahito was as frugal as Emperor Meiji before the Sino-Japanese War, did not complain too much about this, allowing the Japanese government to devote as much money as possible to the military.

Note 1: In fact, in the middle and late 30s of the 20th century, the living standards of workers in the Soviet Union exceeded the average level of their Western counterparts in the aftermath of the economic crisis, and at this time, almost all the countries in Western Europe were involved in the Second World War, and unlike the United States, their own countries were far away from the battlefield, and the economy was inevitably greatly affected. And the originally wealthy Canada and Australia and New Zealand have also paid a huge price for supporting the UK (the key is that they have been losing), and the population of the three countries is not large, so the drag is naturally very obvious. In contrast, although the Soviet Union fought Finland before and is now mired in the quagmire of Afghanistan, because the time is not too long and the Soviet Union is large, the impact was not obvious at the end of 1941 (to be continued......