Joseph Stalin-Leader of Soviet Union, part of Allied Powers (common enemy of Germany)
- from poor family
- sick growing up
- was going to be a priest
- became atheist
- got involved in Bolshevik Revolution
How did he get to power? Lose Power
- killed his enemies
- got power after Lenin died
- power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky
- Stalin won and became leader 1927
- Died in 1953, cerebral hemorrhage
What did he do for his country? (prior to WWII)
- Nationalization-government takes over businesses, control all businesses in country
- Industrialization-changing country from agricultural to industrial
- Collectivization-government took farms and made them collective farms to form government farms
- 5 year plans-improve industrial, militia, and agricultural output, new goal every 5 years
- Great Purges-kill any military/government people who weren't trusted
What did he do for his country? (During/After WWII)
- Non-Aggression Pact with Germany-agreed not to fight each other
- Both invade Poland on 9-1-39
- wanted to get back land they lost in Treaty of Versailles
- Both invade Poland on 9-1-39
- Germany Breaking
- Allied Powers
- Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad
- Berlin
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