ABSTRACT
US assessments regarding the economic performance of the economy continued to be rather depressing during the late summer and autumn. The Anglo-American assessments of Soviet military efficiency changed somewhat during 1942, but it was not until the end of 1942 that a real change took place, although in a rather limited manner. Anglo-Americans expressed concern for the food situation during the earlier part of the year. During the autumn, the Anglo-Americans for the first time during the war noted a manpower shortage. During the late summer, autumn and winter of 1942-1943, the estimate of the armed force's size varied greatly between different observers. Actual Soviet output of munition was higher than Germany's, even regarding aircraft. The German troops established contact with the Volga further to the North but they had still not taken the whole city of Stalingrad. Civilian morale was considered high and there was no danger of a Soviet collapse.
