Stalin was the most influential leader of the 20th century (meaning he effected the world the most).

So you will argue that Winston Churchill's influence was greater than Stalin's. "Let's start out with a little experiment. Search Joseph Stalin on Google= 5,020,000 results Search Franklin D. Roosevelt on google= 18,000,000 results Search Adolph Hitler on google= 30,400,000 results Search Winston Churchill on google= 53,900,000 results" How many results you find on google doesn"t say anything. I typed "Battle of Stalingrad" into google and got 3,240,000 results. Then I type "D-Day" into google and get 5,160,000,000. Yet it is obvious that D-Day had no effect on the outcome of the war while Stalingrad was the most important battle of WWII as well as the turning point of the war. The reason you see so many results for Roosevelt, Churchill, and Hitler is because google is a western corporation. Also, many people don"t really see Stalin as being of any importance. You also go into depth talking about how Churchill influenced different parts of the globe. All of what you said was correct; however you also miss out on several important details. Churchill may have been an officer in armies around the world and had a huge impact in many British colonies, yet he did not actually "build" the British Empire. He may have played an important role in WWI and WWII; however he had no effect on the outcome of these wars. Even though Churchill sent aid to help the whites during the Russian Civil War, this aid did not affect the outcome of the war since the reds still won. You completely miss out on several negative aspects of Churchill"s influence. He was responsible for prolonging WWII and the destruction of the British Empire. After Germany defeated France, they offered to make peace with Britain, yet Churchill refused to do so. And WWII was also what destroyed the British Empire. Churchill"s influence was not strong enough to make the people of Britain vote for him to continue being prime minister. On the other hand, most of the people of the USSR would probably have voted for Stalin if the same thing ever happened in the Soviet Union. Stalin"s influence helped to form a new country. He helped the Bolsheviks take power and played a role in the Russian Civil War. However this was all minor. From 1925-1953, Stalin transformed the Soviet Union from a poor agricultural peasant society into a global superpower killing over 40 million people in the process. Stalin"s 5-year plans and collectivization helped some people, and killed others. Stalin played a more influential role in the outcome of WWII than Churchill ever did since most of the German forces were defeated on the eastern front. After the Second World War, Stalin had direct control over half of Europe as well as the Soviet Union. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, the Kuril Islands, Outer Mongolia, and North Korea ensured that Communism would become the dominant power in eastern Asia and other parts of the continent. Stalin gave Manchuria to Mao Zedong and after the communists took power in China, sent aid to help Mao build his country. Stalin set the stage for the cold war and by the 1950"s Stalin"s influence stretched across the globe. The people of the Soviet Union viewed Stalin as a god; this was how strong Stalin"s influence had become in his country. The people of Britain on the other hand simply viewed Churchill as another politician. Churchill may have influenced parts of Africa, the Middle East, and India, but this influence never lasted very long and had little effect on the course of history. "After the war, Churchill was the foremost opponent of Soviet Hegemony in Eastern Europe, giving speeches around the world that popularized the notions of Cold War, Iron Curtain, and a balance of force between superpowers" Many people gave speeches around the world, however words are simply words. Speeches may affect how people think, but they do not effect what people do. "It should be noted that before entering politics in 1900, Churchill was already a celebrity, having fought as an officer in the Spanish, South African, and British armies in an astonishing number of engagements around the world: Afghanistan, Sudan, Transvaal, India and Cuba." Churchill helped secure the British Empire. There were many other people who played an even more important role in building Britain"s empire. Churchill never conquered as much territory as Stalin did (as a matter of fact he didn"t really conquer any territories for the British since he was only an officer). "As Colonial Undersecretary in 1906, Churchill was the principle force in granting equal vote and political rights to both Britons and Boers in the formation of the Union of South Africa, essentially forming the Whites in/Blacks and Indians out fault line around which all South African politics evolved in the 20th Century. If half the white had been disenfranchised in 1906, South African politics would have been very different over the past 100 years. As President of the Board of Trade in 1909, Churchill authored the first universal minimum wage in history, set standards for Labor disputes and set up the National Labor Exchange, the British office of Unemployment." He granted equal votes to Britons and Boers in South Africa, a small colony. I do not understand how that is more influential than taking away votes altogether for a country of almost 200 million. Churchill affected a small unimportant colony which doesn"t really show Churchill as a more influential leader than Stalin. He was President of Board of Trade and authorized the first universal minimum wage in history. Yet that does not really show how Churchill was more influential. "As First Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill was instrumental in converting British fleets from coal to oil just prior to WWI. He established the Royal Naval Air Service which later formed the basis for the world's first air force. Churchill is credited with defining the first practical application of tanks, developing, funding, and committing the first tanks used in warfare. (They are, in fact, called "tanks" because Churchill disguised the project as a vehicle for carrying water to the front lines). At the outset of WWI, Churchill ordered the seizure of two dreadnought battleships that Britain had built for the Ottoman Empire against the direct orders of his superiors. This incident became the deciding factor for the Ottoman Empire to ally with Germany and Austro-Hungary against the Triple Entente of Britain, France, and Russia. Without Churchill, the Ottoman Empire might never have entered the war, lost and then been carved up to form the modern Middle East. Churchill also ordered the disastrous invasion of Gallipoli which remains the most solemn and momentous event in the history of Australia and New Zealand." Here you talk about how Churchill was instrumental in converting Britain"s fleets from coal to oil prior to WWI and how Churchill helped construct the world"s first air force. Stalin also established oil fields. Stalin also constructed an air force and that air force was by far the largest in history (in 1941 the Soviets had an air force larger than that of all other countries combined). Churchill was not any significant general in WWI and although he may have played a role in the Ottoman entry into the war, he did not really affect the outcome of the war. Conclusion: Most of Stalin"s influence began to spread globally during and after WWII. The USSR saved Britain during the Second World War. At the same time as Stalin"s ideology became a global influence, Churchill as you said, "was giving speeches". It is also easy to prove that Hitler or Czar Nicholas II had more influence on the world than Churchill did. *I wrote this in a word document and I'm not sure why your words did not come out italicized.