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How did the USSR gain control of eastern Europe by 1948?

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What was the 'Iron Curtain'?

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What was the 'Iron Curtain'?

Phrase used by Winston Churchill / Describing Soviet 'control' of Eastern bloc countries / Made in March 1946 / Also known as his 'sinews of Peace speech /

What were the key 'ideas' in Churchill's Iron Curtain speech?

Communist parties had become more powerful than they should have / Communist parties wanted totalitarian control / The Soviet's had broken their agreements at Yalta / Peace was being threatened by Soviet actions.

What was Cominform?

Communist Information Bureau / Set up October 1947 by Stalin / Controlled + coordinated the communist parties of eastern Europe / Allowed Stalin to keep a close watch + control over East European communist parties /

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How did the USSR gain control of Poland?

After the war communists joined a coalition government / In 1947 elections the 16 non-communists were arrested and expelled / The communist won the elections!

What happened in Hungary?

Non-communists won the 1945 election / a communist politician, Rakosi, took control of the secret police and used it to arrest and execute his political opponents / In 1947 they abolished the monarchy / By 1948 the Communist Party was in complete control of the country.

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