USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?

(A) Adolf Hitler

(B) Winston Churchill

(C) ** Josef Stalin

(D) Franklin Roosevelt

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian-born Soviet revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

Concept note-2: -As war leader, Stalin maintained close personal control over the Soviet battlefronts, military reserves, and war economy. At first over-inclined to intervene with inept telephoned instructions, as Hitler did, the Soviet generalissimo gradually learned to delegate military decisions.

Concept note-3: -However, by April 1925, this arrangement broke down as Stalin consolidated power to become the Soviet Union’s absolute dictator. He also held the post of the Minister of Defence from 19 July 1941 to 3 March 1947 and chaired the State Defense Committee during World War II.