Editing Joseph Stalin (section)

===World War II===
In 1939, Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with [[Adolf Hitler]], and soon Nazi Germany and subsequently the Soviet Union invaded Poland. Hitler betrayed this pact in 1941 with the invasion of the USSR; the Red Army was soon able to defeat the Nazis, and they captured Berlin in 1945. Stalin, along with [http://real-life-heroes-and-good-guys.wikia.com/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt] of the United States and [http://real-life-heroes-and-good-guys.wikia.com/wiki/Winston_Churchill Winston Churchill] of the United Kingdom were among the "Big Three" in the allied leaders of WW2.

Even though the alliance was temporary, he was a very effective allied leader and has respect today for being one of the people who lead the allies to victory. After the war, communist governments gained power in eastern Europe and in other countries like China, thus causing him, as the leader of the most influential socialist state, to be branded a villain by the Western world and sparking the [[Cold War]].