Joseph Stalin, a communist, led the Soviet Union from the mid 1920s to until his death which was in 1953. Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks, communists, fought and won the Russian Civil War. Once Lenin died his successor, Leon Trotsky, took over the Bolsheviks. Stalin and Trotsky had a fight for the Communist Bolshevik party, Stalin gained …show more content…
Political parties grew stronger, but then were manipulated by the zaibatsu. During the 1930s, Japan took advantage of China’s civil war to increase its influence there. In 1936, Japan allied with two aggressive European powers which were with Germany and Italy. In 1940, The Tripartite Pact was signed. That alliance, combined with Japanese conquests, would turn to World War II into a brutal conflict of Europe, Asia, and the islands of Pacific as well. In conclusion, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Adolf Hitler broke all western nations beliefs. All men had a totalitarian ruled countries which ended with the brutal deaths of millions of innocent people. Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union, Mussolini organized people into the fascist party, and Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party. As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Italy and Germany came in direct conflict with Western Democratic