How did Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe lead to the CW?
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- How did Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe lead to the CW?
- Poland
- Red army advanced, pushing out Nazis
- Agreement at Yalta: Temporarycoalition, provisionalgovernment until 'free elections'
- 1947: becomes a Communist People's Republic after Soviet-run elections, under the Stalinist leadershipBeirut
- Albania
- German troops withdrew, Albanian Communist Partisans took over
- Had Soviet support, maintaining a relatively large army and fortified coastal positions from British naval attack
- Increased dependence on USSR
- From 1946, actions were being taken to pursue a 1 Party state
- Bulgaria
- 1945: Communist led coalition elected
- Non-communists got rid off; opposition parties dissolved
- 1946: Free election rigged, communist party gained majority
- GDR
- Berlin Blockade
- Opposition to Western zone
- Hungary
- End of WW2: Russia captured Budapest
- Increasing communist influence; official removed, opposition groups banned
- By 1947: Rakosi had complete control over Hungary
- Control of the police
- Yugoslavia
- 1945: Elections shown only the communist-led national front appeared in the ballot
- 1948: Cut ties with the SU; now an independent communist country
- Romania
- Left-wing coalition was elected in '45; communists gradually took over
- Used force to take over
- Poland
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