Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky (born Leon Davidovich Bronstein, 1879), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was an influential politician in the early days of the Soviet Union, first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar of War. He was also among the first members of the Politburo. Upon the death of Vladimir Lenin, Trosky became the premier of the Soviet Union. He led his country through World War II and the Japanese War. He and American President Joe Steele shared a deep emnity that they were able to put aside during their fight against Nazi Germany, but became enemies again after the war when the two rival countries divided up Japan. Trotsky prodded his North Japan to attack Steele's South Japan in 1948 as part of his agenda for International Revolution. The war ended in 1949. The United States destroyed North Japan's capital Sapporo. Three days later, the Soviet Union destroyed the South Japan city of Nagano.