Satellite states Flashcards
What happened to the things said at yalta and potsdam where the soviets agreed to do free elections
The soviets fixed elections to make sure that the communist party won and the non communists were rmeoved from the gov
What happened once the communists were in control
They shut down opposition parties and each country became a single party state
How did bulgaria become communist
COmmunist gov elected in 1945 and all non communists were executed
How did Romania become communist
A communist led coalition took power
By 1947 the communists had taken over and it became a one party state
How did Poland become a one party state
Stalin invited 16 non communist leaders to Moscow and arrested them then 1000s of non communists were arrested
Won the election in 1947
How did Czechoslovakia beciome communist
Edward Benes set up a coaltion government
The communists retained the army the radio and secret police in 1948 they seized power and went ocmmunist
What was the impact of the soviet occupation of eastern europe for superpower relations
The US saw it as a betrayal of the Yalta conference
Others saw it as evidence of soviet expansion
Soviet union used it as a buffer zone
