Joseph Stalin
USSR. Stalin and Hitler signed a pact in order to divide Poland.
Poland was divided by secret protocols in the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression pact .
Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union (USSR). The secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939), among others, allowed Germany and the USSR to divide Poland between them. However, on June 22, 1941, Hitler broke the treaty and invaded the USSR.
Leon Trotsky was not the leader of the USSR because he was exiled from the country (but first the Communist Party) by Joseph Stalin. Stalin used a divide and conquer strategy, allying himself with other political figures to outnumber Trotsky.
Joseph Stalin
USSR. Stalin and Hitler signed a pact in order to divide Poland.
The pact also secretly agreed to divide Poland and other parts of eastern Europe between the two powers.
Poland was divided by secret protocols in the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression pact .
If Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin hadn't decided to divide up Poland, WW2 probably would not have started in 1939. But, it might have started at another time in another place for another reason, given the evil nature of the two dictators.
Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union (USSR). The secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939), among others, allowed Germany and the USSR to divide Poland between them. However, on June 22, 1941, Hitler broke the treaty and invaded the USSR.
An agreement not to go to war; In particular, one signed between Hitler and Stalin that allowed Hitler to invade Poland without fear of reprisal from the Soviet Union if he agreed (in a second secret pact) to divide Poland between them.
Leon Trotsky was not the leader of the USSR because he was exiled from the country (but first the Communist Party) by Joseph Stalin. Stalin used a divide and conquer strategy, allying himself with other political figures to outnumber Trotsky.
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, signed by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin in August 1939, was a bilateral agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. It included a public pledge of non-aggression between the two countries, as well as a secret protocol dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence. This pact enabled Hitler to invade Poland without the fear of a Soviet intervention, thus triggering the start of World War II.
Poland, both Germany and the soviet union signed a non-agression pact that sid they would not attack eachouther and to divide Poland equaly to the two countries.
> Hitler and Stalin did agree to be allies, however Hitler broke the pact by > invading russia when Stalin was completely unaware to this. When this > happened Stalin sulked away in his room for 3 or 4 days while the German > soldiers invaded Russia. When they were still allies though, they agreed > to split up Poland half for Hitler and half for Stalin. Mostly true. > They hated each other. Fascism and communism are polar opposites, so > Hitler and Stalin viewed each other's method of rule as the wrong way. They > did have a sort of respect for each other, hence the short-lived > Non-Aggression Pact between the two countries. This is inaccurate and based on false assumptions. Stalin may have come to hate or respect Hitler because of the events described above. But they had no sense of being polar opposites due to ideology, these two had just signed a non aggression pact, making them allies just as war was brewing, and after both had spent many years building large militaries.
Hitler was directly responsible for the death of about 11-12 million people. Mussolini was directly responsible for the death of only a few hundred thousand. Stalin was directly responsible for somewhere between 15-20 million. However, where the question is unclear if the fact that Hitler started the war, therefore you could hold him indirectly accountable for most all of the deaths in the European Theatre of Operations. World War 2 deaths in the Pacific campaigns may be laid at the feet of the Japanese Empire, since it needed no prodding from Hitler to do the killing it did. Japan took control of Manchuria and invaded China in 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Japan did not even join the Axis powers until September 1940. Directly, Stalin was responsible for the most deaths. However, Hitler's actions caused many in World War 2, and Mussolini was his ally. Stalin was a defensive nation. By that I mean they were attacked. Therefore, you could make the argument had Hitler not attacked the USSR none or very few of the deaths would have occurred. However, the other side of that argument is that the Soviet Union's was not a defensive war at all at least until Hitler double-crossed Stalin and invaded Russia. In fact, Stalin had already started his own invasions of friendly countries months before Hitler attacked it. Follow this sequence: In August, 1939, Stalin enters into a Non-Agression Pact with Hitler. On September 1, 1939, with no provocation, Hitler invades Poland. On September 17, 1939 (16 days later) with no provocation, Stalin invades Poland. Part of the N-A Pact that was kept secret was that Stalin had agreed with Hitler to conquer Poland together and divide it between them. On November 30, 1939, two months later, with no provocation, Stalin invades Finland beginning the Russian-Finland War. On June 18, 1940, with no provocation, Stalin invades Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. On June 22, 1941, one full year later, with no provocation, Hitler attacks the Soviet Union. A defensive war on Stalin's part? No. Is Hitler responsible for deaths caused by Russian soldiers in Poland, Finland, Latvia, Lithania and Estonia one year before Hitler attacks Russia? No. These acts of war were against countries that were then at peace with the Soviet Union just as much as Poland was at peace with Germany when Germany invaded it. They were offensive and aggressive actions taken against peaceful nations. Any deaths caused by them rests squarely on the shoulders of Joseph Stalin.