Omstillingen af majoriteten af den sovjetiske økonomi skete på to år. I 1943 var Sovjetunionen på samme niveau som alle andre industrinationer– –og kunne producere mere end selv Tyskland.
The transfer of the greatest part of the Soviet economy was accomplished in two incredible years, and by 1943, the U.S.S.R. Was the equal of any industrial power in Europe and was now able to out-produce Germany itself.