Nazi Germany and the USSR Under Stalin as Totalitarian States 

Although Nazi Germany under Hitler and the USSR under Stalin were two completely different individuals, it can be often argued that they both shared common characteristics within their measures of control. For decades we have all been taught that that Stalin and Hitler were both one of the historically memorable and known individuals who created terror and ruled with completely inhuman and evil way killing millions of people. However, it was not only those factors that they shared in common.

Adolf Hitler as the leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. Not only did he take all the power to himself in Germany, he also managed to spread his powers across other countries. Nazi Germany reached totalitarianism to a really high extent. Hitler wanted to shape the German society in his own way, getting rid of unpleasant citizens and most importantly shamelessly killed over 6 million Jewish people. During these years Nazi Germany turned into Hitler’s playground. He affected every single aspect of the society, the young and the old, the rich and the poor. Hitler took control over all propaganda, media, citizens, jobs and education. As the second world war broke down, Germany could be said to have a big effect on the outbreak as well, said previously, he did not only have an impact on Germany, his actions went all over the world. Nazi Germany together with Hitler had such big ambitions to rule and be a superpower.

Joseph Stalin again was the ruthless leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from early years 1929 to 1953. Stalin’s goal was to make the USSR, in other words the old Russia, an unbreakable superpower, a military and industrial superpower. He ruled with pure terror and brutal acts killing over 10 million of his own citizens. Stalin took control over all the media, citizens, their homes, jobs and economy to make USSR the biggest and the best power of all time. With the use of terror he could rule and scare away any potential opposition. Stalin wanted to be known as a power and he wanted to do exactly anything that he could to make this happen. It can be said, that both of these powerful leaders did reach totalitarianism within their own ways of control.

Furthermore, both of these powers did share many similar characteristics. Their control over the media and propaganda, political involvement, foreign policies, murderous actions and last but definitely not least their way to control the countries with the use of violent actions. Something that they shared was the ultimate goal to reach great dictatorship and be a big, ruthless power without any opposition.

Not to mention, Nazi Germany and USSR were both countries who played a big role in the second world war. However, what might come as a surprise is that while these two powerful nations with barbarous leaders bought fought to overtake the whole world one by one, they did sign a nonaggression agreement in 1939, after this they both proceeded to continue overtaking other, weaker countries one by one. USSR took over the eastern part of the world while Germany focused on the west. They both needed each other to stay away from their territory of order and terror, however they were still big enemies.

The USSR and Nazi Germany both strived to be a superpower but were not completely identical whatsoever. Firstly, it is a fact that both of these leaders killed millions of people. However, Stalin had a different approach than hitler and is responsible for many million more deaths than Hitler is. While Nazi Germany had a very native approach wanting to get rid of Jewish people who were not suitable citizens, Stalin was a cold murderer who killed millions of purely his own citizens. His desire to make Russia grow as an industrial power made him think that he would do whatever to make that happen, which led him to kill millions of his own citizens. It could be said that Hitler’s tactic was purely way more racial than Stalin. Secondly, their involvement in the military action. Hitler did take very good care of his military forces and this made him a very powerful leader, whereas Stalin made a few mistakes and did not care nearly as much about Russia’s military force. As a good example, at one weak point Stalin had many thousands army officers killed which did in fact affect their military power. One very important factor to take into consideration is that Stalin was in fact a complete communist, when Hitler was a Nationalist. This is a huge difference and shows how much their ideology and beliefs differ from each other. In the USSR Stalin wanted the youth to learn a communist worldview, when in Germany Hitler ordered the youngsters to learn all about Nazism.

In conclusion, Nazi Germany and the USSR with their powerful leaders, Stalin and Hitler, were both cruel and ruthless countries who both reached a very high extent of totalitarianism. They had similar ways to rule and to attempt to be something huge, however their political views differed. Hitler and Stalin are one of the biggest mass murderers, political leaders and historical figures who both share si