czechoslovakia, poland, hungary, romania, bulgaria, east germany
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what did stalin do
make sure these countries all had communist governments that were friendly with the ussr
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why did he say this was?
to protect the ussr and have a 'buffer zone'
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what did the usa think he was doing?
trying to take over the world and spread communism
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how did the communists gain power though voting?
they rigged elections
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why did this mean the alliance began to break down?
stalin thought of the 'sphere of influence' as ruling it and the west thought of it as looking after them, the west thought there shoudl be free elections and saw this as communism spreading
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what did stalin do
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make sure these countries all had communist governments that were friendly with the ussr
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