The leader of the Soviet Union in 1939, at the start of World War II, was Joseph Stalin (1878-1953). Having achieved total control of the Soviet Union at some point during the 1920s, Stalin ruled the large Communist nation as absolute dictator throughout World War II and then beyond, until his death in 1953.
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Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He was in power during the World War 2 (1939-1945).Joseph Stalin
During World War II, Belarus was part of the Soviet Union, and its leader was Nikita Khrushchev, who was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Byelorussian SSR from 1939 to 1947. However, effective leadership was often overshadowed by the overarching authority of Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union. The region suffered greatly during the war, experiencing significant destruction and loss of life due to both Nazi occupation and Soviet military operations.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union when Germany and the USSR entered into a non-aggression pact in 1939. Vyacheslav Molotov was the Soviet Foreign Minister at the time and was therefore the principal Soviet signatory of the pact.
Time Magazine named Joseph Stalin as their "Man of the Year" in 1939 for his role in leading the Soviet Union during World War II.
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed 23 August 1939.
Hitler betrayed his ally, the Soviet Union.
It attacked Poland from the east as part of the nazi-soviet pact.
His name is Benito Mussolini, not Banito Mussoline, and he was already leader when the war started, so he did not become leader during WW2 (1939-45) as he became dictator in 1922!
Josef Stalin, a communist who is known for causing more deaths than Adolph Hitler!
Answer: Yes. Answer: Finland was not attacking anybody. Soviet Union attacked Finland in 1939.
Finland fought on the side of the axis powers(allied with Germany) against the Soviet Union.They did this to regain the territory that they lost to the Soviets during there invasion of Finland in 1939.Finland supplied a all volinteer division to the German SS during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941,and also invaded the Soviet union itself to reestablish its original borders with Russia that were established after World war I.The Finnish goverment fought 3 different wars with the Soviet Union between 1939-1944.