Everything for the Defeat of Fascist Aggressors
From the very first days of the war, the efforts of the party and the people, local councils, trade unions, the Komsomol, and other public organizations were focused on the main task and primary goal — the armed defense of the socialist homeland and the defeat of fascist aggressors. They persistently and purposefully implemented the transition of all sectors of the socialist economy of the republic to a military footing, mobilizing material, financial, and labor resources to meet the needs of the front, and creating a solid foundation for coordinated military production.
The founders of Marxism-Leninism, viewing war as a socio-historical phenomenon, revealed the dependence of its conduct and outcome on the level of development of productive forces and the nature of production relations. F. Engels wrote: “Nothing depends more on economic conditions than the army and navy. Armament, composition, organization, tactics, and strategy depend primarily on the level of production achieved at a given moment and on means of communication.” Specifying this position, F. Engels pointed out that the outcome of war is determined by the quantity and quality of weapons and human resources. “...The entire organization and combat method of the army, along with victories and defeats,” he wrote, “are dependent on material, i.e., economic, conditions: on the human material and on weapons, therefore — on the quality and quantity of the population and on technology.”
Summarizing the experience of war during the era of imperialism, V. I. Lenin taught that victory in any war goes to those who have more material and human resources, and more support from the masses. He placed special importance on the strength and organization of the rear, its economic power, the ability of cities to increase military production, and the ability of the countryside to adequately supply the front and rear with food and raw materials. In the article “On a Business Basis,” V. I. Lenin emphasized that enthusiasm alone is not enough to conduct a protracted war against imperialism. To wage it “truly requires a strong organized rear. The best army, the most devoted people to the cause of revolution will be immediately destroyed by the enemy if they are not sufficiently armed, supplied with food, and trained.”
The Soviet Union entered the war with Nazi Germany possessing a powerful material and technical base created during the pre-war five-year plans. In 1940, the USSR produced 14.9 million tons of pig iron and 18.3 million tons of steel, extracted 165.9 million tons of coal, 31 million tons of oil, and generated 48.3 billion kWh of electricity, which was respectively 4; 5.5; 3.5; and 24 times more than in 1913. It harvested 38.3 million tons of commercial grain — 17 million tons more than in 1913 — and 2.7 million tons of raw cotton — 3.5 times more than in 1913. Qualified personnel for socialist industry and large mechanized agricultural production were prepared, and a new labor intelligentsia emerged. The ideological and political unity of Soviet society, friendship among nations, Soviet patriotism, and proletarian internationalism — the sources of the power of the socialist homeland — were strengthened in the country. All these factors were decisive prerequisites for the successful repulsion of the German-fascist aggression.
Trade Unions and the Leninist Komsomol of Kyrgyzstan during the Great Patriotic War