By refusing any alliance with the West, unless they handed over the Baltic states, a concession he got from Hitler in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, Stalin did more to kick off WWII in Europe than even Hitler.
Not to mention, the oncoming attack from Germany allowed the Japanese to pull forces out of Manchuria for their debut at Pearl Harbor.
By refusing any alliance with the West, unless they handed over the Baltic states, a concession he got from Hitler in the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, Stalin did more to kick off WWII in Europe than even Hitler.
Not to mention, the oncoming attack from Germany allowed the Japanese to pull forces out of Manchuria for their debut at Pearl Harbor.