hile he formally perceived the western society as the enemy, he then decided to team with the League of Nations. He allied The Soviet union with the western democracies and their anti-fascist efforts. The Soviet propaganda role in The Spanish civil war was especially active. Stalin urged people of all the allied nations to volunteer to join the fight against German aggression in Spain. However, Stalin grew insecure and his fear of the German forces prompted him to sign the Non-Aggression Pact with Nazi Germany in 1939. Again, this was a complete turn-around. This led to divisions within the party, and many members withdrew to continue with the anti-Hitler campaign. This teamed with the purges, where many party members were arrested, deported, or executed, created chaos within the party. Stalin grew paranoid and continued to accuse party members of conspiring to overthrow his regime. These were mostly false accusations, and served as excuses for many of his failures.Stalin’s World War II propaganda was directed at Britain, more specifically Winston Churchill. He and his followers spoke out against American intervention in the war. However, after the war was over and Germany lost, the tables turned again. Fascist collaborators were convicted, as he simultaneously placed the blame for all war on capitalism. He followed by placing anyone with strong ties to either the Nazi’s or the Western world in redoctrination camps, or "gulags". It’s estimated that between four and five million people were imprisoned in gulags.(Wheatcroft 290) Many of the prisoners were eventually executed. It is also estimated that the level of excess mortality registered by civilians was between three and four million.(Getty 290) In 1948 the Soviets, under Stalin, began to support a theory that was introduced by Trofim Lysenko. His theory said that certain characteristics are transferred genetically.(Encyclopedia of Propaganda 680...
