? Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were very different people based on their plans for expanding their empire and beliefs in government. They both were devastated about their loss of land from WWI, and were truly devoted to gaining their empires back. Stalin wanted to take Poland and Latvia while Hitler also just wanted Poland. They had to agree to share Poland so the Soviets got Eastern Poland while the Nazis got Western Poland. Hitler and his Nazis were all against Communists and Stalin absolutely couldn’t stand the Nazis, so basically they had a huge hatred against each other. The only reason Hitler wanted to work out a deal with Stalin was because he needed to ensure that the Soviets wouldn’t side with the West and go against him. There were also many similarities between the two. One is through their methods of control. Both of these rulers were totalitarian dictators, which is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever necessary. They both used indoctrination and police terror to control and spy on their civilians. Stalin used the NKVD which was meant to eliminate anti-soviets and open-handedly kill whoever went against his government. Hitler called his the “Gestapo,” who also targeted Jews and anyone against his government. Both these police terrors gave you no privacy and could listen to any of your conversations. If you said one bad thing about the government they’d kill you. Both of these rulers also used censorship, propaganda and religious persecution in order to keep them in power. Another similarity is that they both agreed on a Non-Aggression Pact to say neither country would get into war with the other. They increased trade with one another and tried getting their lost land back. Lastly, they worked together to gain other countries' power. Hitler and Stalin would be both considered as “Man of the Year” b