Biography of Joseph Stalin

by Koppes (1977), Joseph Stalin the most famous politician in the world he played an important role in the political industry, almost half of the people of the world knew him as revolutionist whom he carried out his socialization with dynamism and ruthless way that made Stalin became popular in the world. During the Second World War, he contributed to his country Germany vast armed forces to victory by creating the buffer belt of Marxist-oriented satellites from Korea across Europe and Asia.

Stalin ruled by terror and many people died in his reign, Stalin became involved in politics as well as criminal activities. He became leader after Vladimir Lenin leader of Soviet Union after he outmaneuvered his rivals and became in charge of the ruling party. During his leadership error, Stalin align himself with the United States and Britain in the Second World War (Ц)

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According to Joseph Stalin: a biographical companion

by Rappaport (199) after the outbreak of war in 1939 came a fear in the Soviet Union, since Germans were fighting the British empire and territories they hard and since Stalin hard form a close relationship with the Britain they were going to be attacked as the intelligent government personnel’s foreseen the coming event as the next attack was going to be the Soviet Union. On 22rd

may the German troop were confident that they were going to attack the Soviet armed forces since they believed that they were very primitive and the Soviet people were waiting for the freedom, the attack came as surprise to the Soviet leader Stalin since he used to ignore the warnings from the intelligence also Stalin had no worries about the Germans would not defeat the British Empire, however before the Germans Nazi  invaded the Soviet Union Stalin had previously planned to attack the Germans which was out plan by the attack from the Germans. This lead to the swaying of the Soviet eventually to enter into the alliance with the United States. The president of the Soviet Union Stalin urged Hopkins to help the Soviet. From August 1942 through February 1943, more than two million people fought and nearly two million people were killed or injured in the fighting including the Russian citizens. Stalingrad ultimately turned the tide of the second war in favor of the allied forces.

In 1942 under the leadership of Stalin the Russians forces had managed to snubbed Germans on the western part of the country which hard the intentions of winning Moscow, however, Stalin forces had to suffer in the fighting in both manpower and weaponry since Germans had improved weapons which were superior to the Stalin armed forces. In November 1942 operational Uranus was launched by the Stalin the Soviets, and the Germans sixth army at Stalingrad was encircled. This was seen as the turning point of the war since the Russian forces were able to trap German troops more than 290 000 soldiers with blockage to limiting access to any supplies.

According to Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East by Ziemke (1977) the beginning of Russian winter begun and the Soviet leader Stalin knew that Germans were going to suffer in the condition, things never went on as Stalin had seen the Russians started fighting the stretched Italians and Germans 250 miles from the Stalingrad and Russians break lines in limiting the German forces in Stalingrad but the German men surrender since they were going to starve, this was, as a result, Hitler refused to call surrender on his men.

In 1943 Russian troops had retaken the Stalingrad and captured nearly 100,000 German soldiers. Stalin meets with Roosevelt and Churchill in Teheran

The Red army drive the Nazi armies back, out of Russia as Stalin proceed to meet President Franklin Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston, Stalin pushed for military and economic support from the two leaders and also Soviet dominance should be recognized as the majority in eastern and central Europe. Stalin had earlier begun the Sovietization which was interrupted by the German invasion in April 1940 and he was eager again to raise his ambitions again Roosevelt and Churchill were unwilling to accept their collaborator but they eventually accepted into the demand by Stalin. According to.“Europe-Asia Studies by Biddiscombe (2000), none of them knew that Stalin’s spies were already in the United States and had already sent information on the atomic bomb project back to Russia, where Soviet specialist worked on their own nuclear weapon.

             Finally, the three leaders issued a declaration of the three powers including Iran, within it, they thanked Iran for their support in the war against Germans and promised to provide it with economic assistance. Roosevelt ensured he secured his objectives during the conference. The Soviets also agreed to join the war against the Japanese and expressed tentative support to Roosevelt, this made Roosevelt believe that he had won the Stalin trust on him as British leader by proving to him that the United States was willing to negotiate directly with them, however, Stalin also gained recognition on Eastern Europe that would be confirmed during the later wartime conference like the one the three held.

For two years Soviet forces pushed the German army back into Germany until in May 1945 Soviet forces accepted the surrender of the relic of Hitler’s army in Berlin. The Allied leaders agreed to meet over the summer at Potsdam to embark with the discussions that had begun at Yalta. Although the allied remained committed on the Pacific war they lack the enemy which was common to all which led to difficulties in reaching the agreement post-war reunion  and reconstruction on the Europe continent

The major issue at Potsdam was the question of how to handle Germany. At Yalta, the Soviets had a focus on the postwar compensation from Germany, half of it to the Soviet Union. While the rest to Roosevelt, Truman and James Byrnes. Both James allows this situation since they never wanted the repetition from the Germans again. Despite various disagreements in the allied conference the leaders manage to come into an agreement at Potsdam for example to be complete harm reduction and demilitarization of Germany. All German military and paramilitary forces were to be eliminated and any weapon manufacture in German was forbidden.

After President Truman receives words of success in the Potsdam trinity. Truman and his advisors were not sure if they wanted Soviet Union support on the war against the Japanese. During the second week of the conference on July 24, 1945, Truman approached Stalin and told him about the United State atomic bomb  ҅new weapon with massive destruction.’’ Stalin showered little interest about Truman’s message since he had been receiving the information through Soviet intelligence about the atomic bomb

On July 25, 1945 the final decision to drop atomic bomb, how and when it should be done, the subject last for months till it was approved in the conference by Truman and issued by the secretary of war Henry Stimson and General of Army George Marshall, ordered army to prepare an attack to Hiroshima, Niigata, or Nagasaki as soon as August weather permitted. Additional bombs supplied as soon as they were ready. Stalin was not told on the day of the attack, on 6th

August 1945 the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and this was the end of the war in the world.

After the war, Stalin’s rule changes the Soviet Union from agricultural nation to nuclear superpower which had cost many lives. Stalin political, social and economic policies, as well as his perfect negation skills, laid a foundation for USSR’s emergence as a superpower.

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