By 1941, Hitler’s military leaders had lost faith in him. He has become paranoid, and disturbed as the war went on (Witherbee). He ordered the killings of anyone who spoke against his terms. Hitler’s military leaders disliked the poorly planned battle strategies that caused a decline of German soldiers on the battlefield (Witherbee). There were also many assassination attempts against Hitler’s life.…
Over the 30 years of Joseph Stalin’s dictatorship, the estimated death toll ranged from 28 to 40 million people, whom died from a variety of things, such as famine, executions, and a very large war. Stalin assumed autocratic rule of the Soviet Union in 1924 following the death of Lenin. Stalin made a variety of reforms, but his main focus was on the economic issues that was occurring in the communist country at the time. Stalin made his economic reforms solely to make the most amount of money possibly, even if millions of people had to die. I completely contest to Stalin’s beliefs and ideas during this very controversial time in the USSR.…
He, along with other classmates, yearned for schooling opportunities that were just not available. In order to get around the censorship of the priests, Service discusses how the seminaries would frequently visit editorial offices and bookshops to read and discuss forbidden material including Georgian literature and language (37). Aside from his experiences in education, Stalin was very drawn to socialism, “joining the revolutionary movement when fifteen years old” (Boobbyer 100) demonstrating his affinity for politics even at a young age. However, Stalin’s ideology could be seen as being physically molded due to beatings he received as a child, allowing him to build up aggression to later exert on his country as a whole. According to his mother, expressed by Kuromiya, the reason Stalin turned out so well was because of his beatings (2).…
In conclusion I think Stalin was important to history but he didn't do much good. He was an awful person but without him Russia wouldn't be what it is today. I don't think that his actions are made up with the “good” things he…
Stalin fought with the victors during WW2 but when the tides turned, he knew he had to change sides. Stalin knew the risks but he did what he had to to save the Motherland. Out of all countries who fought in world war two, Russia had the most casualties. One could argue that Stalin single handedly rose Russia up from the ashes of world war one. A good man has be stern in times of crisis, and Stalin made the tough choices so that others would not have to.…
The Soviet Union controlled most, if not all, of the countries in eastern Europe. Soviet troops were stationed all over eastern and parts of central europe due to warfare with Germany during World War 11 . Agreements at the Yalta conference gave the Soviets dominance over these countries, in which they manipulated the people and organized communist governments. United States witnessing Soviet control over eastern countries and the violation of the Yalta agreement decided to embark a containment policy. Truman was justified in embarking a containment policy in response of Soviet influence in Europe because it isolated Soviet influences, deterred Soviets from expanding due to the formation of NATO, and reckoned with other imperialist countries.…
Even if you were a friend or neighbor of an educated person, you were at risk. Many people ratted people out or accused people of being educated to get them taken. At this time, there was a lack of trust amongst the peoples. Lena was told by the bald man that he turned them in, he was told to confirm people’s professions and her dad was one of the people he confirmed before refusing to confirm any more. Stalin wished to get rid of anyone who was against him, so they could not corrupt his supporters.…
Three particular traits were responsible for the majority of the atrocities during the World War II era; for example, in Soviet Russia, persecution lead to millions of deaths in Gulags, the Soviet government 's complete control of individuals and society lead to the deaths of millions of Ukrainian peasants, and the use of police and military terror was responsible for the deaths of millions of civilians during the Great Purge of Stalin. Persecution was a key trait of totalitarianism that lead to millions of deaths in the Soviet Gulags during the World War II era. Persecution happens when perceived enemies of the state are mistreated and/or eliminated for ethnic, religious, or political reasons. Often, these enemies were the scapegoats for…
Stalin was so fixated on staying ahead of America at this point that he never thought of his own people. He used the money that the people made and used it for the nuclear race and the space race. He probably put so much money into going against America that it could have been used to help his own people. Instead, he watched them die of starvation, or an…
Imagine, receiving the dreadful news of an inevitable attack and not long after, hearing the ground rumble and seeing clouds of dust and dirt on the horizon. Fear strikes everyone’s hearts. Chaos ensues, and people are running everywhere, trying to escape the unescapable. Women take their own lives to avoid being murdered and raped. In no time, they are there.…
Imagine sitting around the table eating dinner on a regular Tuesday night when suddenly you are lying on the road, bleeding, and can’t seem to find your family. This is what the citizens of Dresden experienced on February 13th, 1945, when the Allies dropped more than 3,900 tons of explosives on the city, killing over 25,000 Germans. This was clearly a horrible event in history as were the other German and Japanese bombing attacks, but was this tactic justified? No, the strikes on the German cities of Dresden, Berlin, and Hamburg, and the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, were not justified because they killed mainly women and children, …… …….. and they did not play any role in Japan surrendering.…
Mahatma Gandhi, the name given a man who grew up to be a famous leader of India. He led the fight for Indian independence peacefully, though he was not there when it was accomplished. His life was cut by a man named Nathuram Vinayak Godse and a number of bullets. He was a great leader in much of India’s views, but that is not to say there are not those who thought he got what he deserved. Godse’s actions caused a shock, but to others, it was the plan and wish to which created speculations to their reasons.…
Anyone who did not comply to these new ideals were turned in to the NKVD which was the secret police order. They were then arrested and never heard from again. Presumably they were killed or imprisoned for life. (3) Like Hitler, Stalin had his own praise system. Newspapers would applaud him, poets and songwriters would thank and praise him for a bountiful harvest, and pictures of him were everywhere to teach children to love him and follow him no matter what because he was a great and kind man.…
But Stalin found that I was in the wood And Stalin spied, heard I was in deadly danger So he sent a tank out for me, And I rolled off down the forest path” The image with which Stalin presented himself to the children was arguably equally as—or even more so—significant as how he portrayed himself to the rest of the population, as they would be the future of the state and he needed to ensure absolute power over the Soviet Union until his death.…
Just like Napoleon, who re-wrote the history of Animal Farm after getting rid of his rival, Snowball, he changed Russian history by making himself part of important events, such as being responsible for the Russian victory in World War II. While his country starved, Stalin lived a lavish life and completely ruined Karl Marx’s ideas of communism, just like how Napoleon gained privileges from changing the commandments and also made a mockery of…