Stalin's effects on WW2
The date is December 18th 1878, In the small town of Gori, located in the Russian Empire. A town not much bigger than a village. This town had one unusual feature, a fortress, square in the center. This town was the birthplace of Joseph Stalin, the future ruler of the world superpower, the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin is one of the most significant aspects of World War Two because of the agreements he had with Germany, his reaction and plans against the German offensive against Soviet Union territories, and the Soviet Unions counter-offensive and push to Germany. On August 23rd of 1939, Soviet Union ruler Joseph Stalin agreed to sign a non-aggression, or neutrality pact with Adolf Hiter, this prove to have a huge influence on the decisions of the Germans. Part of the non-agression pact was that the Soviets would not come to aid Poland if it was attacked, Stalin agreed. This non-agression pact insured Germany that it would not be fighting on two fronts in the coming war, for signing this pact the Soviet Union was given land that included part of Poland and some Baltic States[1]. Just a couple days before the non-agression pact was signed, Vyacheslav Molotov, the Chairman of the Council of People's in the Soviet Union made an economic agreement with the Germans, agreeing to provide food products and raw materials to Germany in exchange for machinery from Germany, this in combination with the non-agression pact helped Germany bypass the British blockade. These pacts were supposed to last ten years, they only lasted two. The day the pact was broken was June 22nd 1941. Adolf Hitler broke the pact by proceeding with an invasion of Soviet territories. Joseph Stalin was informed that the Germans were preparing for war in a cold climate because of the new technology they had been building. Stalin figured that Hitler would eventually break the pact, but Stalin presumed it would be after the Germans defeated Britain in the war. Stalin also waited before taking