Soviet espansion in eastern Europe

The Soviet army advanced through large areas of eastern Europe whilst fighting the Germans. One year after the war, many Soviet troops remained in much of eastern Europe

Creating Satellites 

• Elections were held in each eastern European country as promised at Yalta in 1945, but evidence suggests that they were rigged to allow the USSR-supported Communist parties to take control. In Bulgaria, Albania, Poland, Romania and Hungary, opponents of the Communists had been beaten, murdered or frightened into submission.
• By May 1948, all eastern European states had…