“Joseph Stalin was born, Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, on December 18, 1878, or on December 6, 1878, according to the Old Style Julian calendar (Although he later invented a new date of birth for himself: December 21, 1879), in the small town of Gori, Georgia, then part of the Russian empire ” (History). In the year of 1922, Joseph Stalin was delegated to a newly formed office for the general secretary for the communist party (Biography). “After Lenin’s death, in 1924, Stalin set out to destroy the old party leadership and take controle” (Biography). After Stalin became dictator in the late 1920s, he ruled by terror along with a totalitarian grip in order to eliminate anybody who might defy him (History). “In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Stalin reversed the Bolshevik agrarian policy by seizing land given earlier to the peasants and organizing collective farms” (Biography). Then in the year of 1941, the Germans broke the Nazi-Soviet pact, and then set out an attack on the USSR, which made significantly early inroads (History). “Between 1945 and 1948, he established communist regimes in many Eastern European countries, creating a vast ‘buffer zone’ between Western Europe and ‘Mother Russia” (Biography). Since Stalin was convinced of the Allies hostile actions towards the Soviet Union, he started to become obsessed with the threats of an invasion coming from the …show more content…
In the year of 1913, Hitler had moved to Munich, and the year after in February, he was recognized as unfit due to the fact that he was inadequate in the physical vigour (Britannica). “He was accepted in August 1914, though he was still an Austrian citizen” (Biography). From the year of 1934 to 1945, Adolf hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany (Biography). As soon as Hitler came into power in the year 1933, German military preparations were formed for the war (History). “In 1939 Hitler drew back from war over Czechoslovakia at the last minute but came to look upon agreeing to a peaceful settlement at Munich as his worst mistake” (History). “He was determined to have war and initiated it on September 1, 1939” (History). “After eight weeks of twining, Hitler was deployed in October 1914 to Belgium, where he participated in the first Battle of Ypres” (Britannica). “After his father’s retirement from the state of customs service, Adolf Hitler spent most of his childhood in Linz, the capital of upper Austria” (Britannica). Three days after the coup, which is also known as the “Beer Hall Putsch,” failed, Hitler was arrested and tried for high treason (Biography). “Although he spent much of his time away from the front lines, Hitler was present at a number of significant battles and was wounded at the Somme” (Biography). “By the time he was defeated, he