Vasily Iosifovich Stalin (Russian: Василий Иосифович Сталин; born Dzhugashvili, Джугашвили; 21 March 1921 – 19 March 1962) was the son of Joseph Stalin by his second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva. He joined the Air Force when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, in 1941. He saw limited active service but rose to the rank of general. After the war, he held a few command posts. After Joseph Stalin died in 1953, Vasily lost his authority, developed a severe alcohol problem, and was ultimately arrested and sentenced to prison. He was later granted clemency, though he spent the remainder of his life between imprisonment and hospitalization until he died in 1962.