Soviet attitudes in 1945
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- Soviet attitudes in 1945
- Stalin's foreign policy was conditioned by the severe loses endured in WII.
- Over 20 million Soviet citizens died as a direct result of the war.
- Stalin's mail aim was to safeguard and rebuilt the Soviet Union.
- Aim- to take advantage of the military situation in Europe and to strengthen Soviet influence.
- To prevent another invasion from the West.
- Tried to occupy as much of Eastern Europe as possible.
- The West saw this as evidence of communist expansionism.
- Tried to occupy as much of Eastern Europe as possible.
- To prevent another invasion from the West.
- Russia had been invaded three times in the 20th century.
- Stalin's aims were more traditional. He believed that what the USSR got after the war would be determined by the degree of losses it had endured.
- The Problem with Stalin's aims was that they would result in Soviet domination of a large part of Europe.
- This was unacceptable to the USA.
- The situation in Europe provided Stalin with an opportunity to establish a buffer zone.
- Soviet obsession with security was difficult for the West to understand.
- America saw this as an interest to spread communism.
- Soviets were more interested in survival rather than spreading world revolution.
- Stalin's foreign policy was conditioned by the severe loses endured in WII.
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