USA HISTORY

Who was the leader of Russia during World War II?

(A) Winston Churchill

(B) Vladimir Putin

(C) ** Joseph Stalin

(D) Mikhail Gorbechev

(E) Vladimir Lenin

Concept note-1: -"Russian dictator during World War II. He was infamous for his brutality before, during and after the War.” Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union’s leader during World War II (called the Great Patriotic War by the Soviets), came to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924.

Concept note-2: -From 1929 to his death in 1953, Stalin was the Soviet Union’s undisputed leader. The experience of the Great War had a profound and lasting influence on his political thinking and policies.

Concept note-3: -At the start of World War II, Stalin formed an alliance with Adolf Hitler and Germany. However, Hitler hated Stalin and the Germans made a surprise attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. In order to fight off the Germans, Stalin joined the Allies of Britain and the United States.