B. How had the USSR gained control of Eastern Europe by 1948?

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Why did Britain and USA think Stalin was exploiting insecurity after the war?

Britain and the USA thought Stalin was exploiting insecurity after the war to establish an empire and spread communism and increase the global standing of the USSR

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Why was Stalin concerned for the USSR?

  • Stalin was concerned as the USSR had been invaded from the west in 1914 and 1941

  • Stalin wanted buffer zones of friendly states along the USSR’s boarder to protect from future aggression

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Why was the recovery of Poland important to Stalin?

Stalin saw the recovery of Poland as a matter of national pride because the Poles had beaten the USSR in 1920

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What were the successes of USSR expansion into Eastern Europe?

  • By 19, communist governments were established in Albania, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland

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What were the failures of USSR expansion into Eastern Europe?

Yugoslavian Communist Leader Tito was ejected from the COMNIFORM for receiving Marshall Aid and refusing to follow Stalin’s line

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What is meant by the term “Iron Curtain”

  • The term was created in 1946 by Churchill

  • By 1946, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania were under communist governments

  • There is a line in Europe which is referred to as the barrier between capatilasm and communism

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How did the Soviet Union gain control of Poland?

  • Control established in 1947

  • Soviet troops remained after liberation

  • New government formed in June 1945 dominated by Lublin Poles

  • Opposition leaders arrested and murdered

  • Rigged elections in 1947 gave communists 80% of the vote

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How did the Soviet Union gain control of Romania

  • Control established in 1947

  • Soviet troops remained after libreration

  • Soviets accepted a coalition government in 1945, accepting key positions for communists

  • Gradually took over security forces

  • Rigged elections in 1946, communists on 90% of the vote

  • King Michael forced to abdicate in December

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How did the Soviet Union gain control of Bulgaria

  • Control established in 1947

  • Soviet troops remained after liberation

  • They initially joined a coalition with the Fatherland Front (+ other parties)

  • They purged rival groups from the Fatherland Front

  • Monarchy abolished in 1946

  • New constitution in 1947, destroyed parliamentary democracy, opposition parties banned

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How did the Soviet Union gain control of Hungary?

  • Control established in 1948

  • Soviet troops remained after liberation

  • Communists won 17% of the vote in November 1945, given control of the Ministry of Interior

  • Used secret police to persecute rival parties/politicians

  • Rigged elections in 1947 gave communists control of coalition government

  • Social Democratic Party + Communist Party merged in 1948

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How did the Soviet Union gain control of Czechoslovakia?

  • Control established in 1948

  • Soviet troops left after the war

  • Post-war elections gave communists leadership

  • Politicians gradually assumed control of key government ministries, allowed them to arrest political opponents

  • FM Jans Masaryk (non-communist politician) is murdered in May 1947

  • All non-communists members of the government resigned in February 1948, communists filled remaining spots