Why did the USSR expand in Eastern Europe?
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Why did the USSR expand in Eastern Europe?
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- Stalin
wanted friendly countries because the USSR had been invaded twice by Germany
and once by the West in the 20th century.
- Eastern
Europe was seen by Stalin as a buffer zone against aggressive nations
- This meant that it was important to have communists in control of countries in Eastern Europe
- Eastern
Europe was seen by Stalin as a buffer zone against aggressive nations
- Stalin
wanted friendly countries because the USSR had been invaded twice by Germany
and once by the West in the 20th century.
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Memory of what happened in 1918-39
- During
this period
- East European countries were hostile to the USSR
- For example, Hungary and Romania sided with Nazi Germany. Poland sided with France.
- During
this period
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Soviet expansionism
- The
West believed that Stalin’s foreign policy was characterised by aggressive
expansionism
- meaning that he deliberately wanted to spread communism around the world
- The
West believed that Stalin’s foreign policy was characterised by aggressive
expansionism
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The Percentages Deal
- 1944
- Stalin
and Churchill met to divide parts of Europe between the USSR and Britain
- This gave Stalin the impression that he was permitted to expand into Eastern Europe after the war.
- Stalin
and Churchill met to divide parts of Europe between the USSR and Britain
- 1944
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