[4] How had the USSR gained control of Eastern Europe by 1948

How did establish communist control in Poland

Opposition leaders were arrest and killed, elections were rigged in 1947.

Soviet troops remained after liberation. New government formed in June 1945 dominated by Lubin poles

How did establish communist control in Romania

Soviet troops remained after liberation, and in 1945 Soviets accepted a coalition government and they gradually took over police and security forces, rigged elections in 1946

How did establish communist control in Bulgaria

Soviet troops remained after liberation. Initially, they joined a coalition with The Fatherland Front and purged rival groups within the FLF. The monarchy was abolished in 1946, and a new constitution destroyed parliamentary democracy

How did establish communist control in Hungary

Soviet troops remained after liberation. In the November 1945 communists did not win elections but gained control of the Ministry of the Interior. They used the secret police to discredit and persecute rival politicians and parties. Rigged 1947 elections gave communists control of the coalition

How did establish communist control in Czechoslovakia

Soviet troops left after the war. Post-war elections gave communists leadership in a coalition government, Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk a non-communist, was murdered in May 1947. In February 1948, all non-communist government members resigned, and communists filled the vacant positions.

What happened with communist control in Finland?

Although the USSR maintained influence over Finland’s foreign policy, it allowed the Finnish government to retain control over its domestic affairs.

What happened with communist control in Yugoslavia

Partisans had liberated the country without Soviet assistance, Tito established a communist state with close ties to the Soviet Union, but which wasn’t controlled by it

What happened with communist control in Turkey

Between June 1945 and August 1946, Stalin pressured the Turkish government to allow the Soviet Union a naval base on the Dardanelles. However, when Stalin saw that Truman supported Turkey’s opposition to his proposal, he backed down.