Worst people in history?

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Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Hitler's pretty up there. Stalin, too.

I agree with Hitler, Not so much Stalin, not just because of my would-be biased Communist political background but because he essentially won World War II for the Soviets and played a major role in the eastern campaign victory. Once generals were failing and the Fascists made easy progress through the Soviets before the winter, Stalin had virtually ALL frontline Generals killed or removed and as Winter approached he took over the command of the remaining Soviet forces and drove them to a turn around at Stalingrad and other key points. Stalin was a military genius (as was Hitler) but took advantage of his power. Is he an awful person? Absolutely, one of the worst in history? Some would say, but many people over look the part that he from February 1943 (after Stalingrad victory) until the end of WWII was in control of most of the Red Army, a huge beneficiary having a military Genius on the side of the allies. If it not were for Stalin, his failing group of Generals would have lead the red army to defeat in Stalingrad and let the fascists have access to the vast amounts of oil the Soviet Union had, exactly what the Fascists needed to continue there quest for World domination. There fore giving them fuel to continue to fight the Americans and what was left of the British and French, and by aiding Japan, it is very possible WWII may have saw a different outcome, hense why the Battle of Stalingrad is considered the most important battle of the Eastern Front and possibly the whole war because once fascist troops fell in Stalingrad, more and more were pulled from France to go fight there and such. 80% of all Germans who died in WWII were killed in the Soviet Union, it was in Stalingrad, Moscow, Kursk, etc that Fascist Germany lost the war. It was just being pushed back to Berlin and being attacked on both sides that really sealed the deal.