Discussion:

1. How did Stalin explain the outbreak of WWII?

2. How can you tell that Stalin’s explanation is based on Marxist principles?

3. Why did Stalin emphasize so strongly that the Soviet social and state systems had triumphed, in addition to the obvious victory of the Red Army?

4. What do you think the American and British response to this speech will be?

5. If an American had been making a similar speech, how would his or her reasoning and explanations have differed from those of Stalin?