Who was the dutch monk and scholar who criticized the folly of his fellow man in his book the praise of folly

His name was "Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus", most commonly known as just Erasmus. Erasmus criticizes the folly in a humorous manner so that he can give feedback in a manner that does not anger the receiver. It is quite ingenious.

im pretty sure it has something to do with the end of ww1

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.