re: History buffs: Interesting fact about Stalin

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Stalin hit a real low point when the Germans invaded. Seems I remember even reading or watching that he even secluded himself for a time when things were bleakest.

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Stalin’s stupid moments are very easily explainable: he was a hardcore alcoholic. The Soviets have tried to cover this up, but he was known for going on massive benders that could give Churchill a big run for his money. It was rumored he had a 10 day bender after Hitler invaded.

Hitler, he just took way too many stupid gambles and just got lucky as shite at every turn. Seriously, you try to overthrow your government and it only results in you spending 7 months in jail? I don’t blame Hitler after that for thinking he could get away with anything. Hitler invading France the entire world thought he was ludicrous, but it paid off. I can’t process why he held off on Dunkirk. Invading Yugoslavia was pointless and petty and meant he had to delay invading Russia for over a month.

Hitler’s stupidity didn’t start with his drug addictions. He also surrounded himself with evil geniuses like Himmler, Goebells, and Heydrich. If Heydrich has been leading the Third Reich, that would have been bad news. Someone as cunning, calm, resourceful, and pure evil as he was... he would have been worse and more effective than Hitler. Hitler wasn’t stupid, but he underestimated others abilities and overestimated his own at every turn. Stalin’s dumb turns I think can mostly be explained by drunkenness.