Hitler was the stooge Stalin used to start World War II. Stalin was the “eminence gris” behind the rise of Hitler and the Nazis to power. Stalin envisioned World War II as a replay of World War I, in which the Europeans would destroy each other and be ripe for conquest. Stalin forged the mightiest political control apparatus and largest military machine in the world. In the process tens of millions were executed or perished in the vast Gulag. Stalin planned to use this nightmare mechanism to conquer and control a war-ravaged Europe. Stalin planned to defeat Hitler in a massive surprise attack; Hitler preempted him by two weeks
