Hitler Vs. Stalin: Who Was Worse?

Hitler vs Stalin: Who Was Worse?

Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were two of the most feared men and strongest dictators in the world's history. Hitler and Stalin infamous for the terrible things they did to their own people. Hitler and Stalin had similar rises to power. They both had very powerful militaries but used them in different ways. They both had different forms of punishments towards their people when they went against the government and their beliefs. By comparing and contrasting Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, it becomes evident that Stalin was a more ruthless dictator and was responsible for more deaths.

Hitler gained many of his followers through deceit and manipulation. He claimed he only wanted peace and promised to get the country out of the Great Depression. After gaining a significant backing, he seized power after the German president died. He suppressed freedom of speech and freedom of press to maintain his control over the masses. By branding groups of people with

Under his leadership, the Russian troops should never lose or retreat. Stalin instilled in his military that they would either die by the enemy or die by the government. He had a “cold and callous attitude toward death” and a “willingness to resort to violence and brutality in the pursuit of larger goals” (Hacht). While pursuing these larger goals in the battle of Stalingrad, Stalin sent his troops straight into enemy fire. Stalin's military was brutal in achieving their goal. In some battles, many of the Soviet troops did not even have any weapons, Instead, they would just be sent into combat with just their bare hands, which often ended in the slaughter of many Soviet troops. Even if the strategy was brutal and uncommon, it was effective in protecting the homeland due to the large number of troops. Stalin's military was able to force the German soldiers out of Russia and drive them all the way back to