QuoteThe underlying causes of the Holodomor are still being debated. Some experts believe that the famine was caused by both man-made and natural elements. The most prominent man-made component was agricultural changes brought about by rapid industrialization under the First Five Year Plan.
Some accuse a deliberate set of policies implemented by the Soviet Union under Stalin in order to eliminate Ukrainians. Stephen G. Wheatcroft, a historian explained that, the Soviet Union's grain yield prior to the famine was a low harvest of between 55 and 60 million tons, possibly due to bad weather and limited mechanical power.
Regardless, communism did not cause the Holodomor. Stalin (an individual) made it worse than it would have been naturally for sure.
The Bengal famine was caused by price manipulation to keep food on the open market so it could be diverted to the war.
I'll meet your Stalin, and I call with a Churchill.