Still reading The Great Terror: A Reassessment by Robert Conquest.
One small bit of history I was unaware of. During the Great Purge, untold tens of thousands of Soviet citizens were disposed of by means of stuffing them in old ships and barges, taking them to some deep-water locations and scuttling the vessels, drowning all the occupants.
Hitler was a fucking amateur.
If I recall correctly, at one time Hitler lamented that he was not as ruthless as Stalin. I don’t remember if this was during the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty era or not.
I dunno. The NAZIs had the edge in organization. 8>)