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THE COMMUNIST BLOC

THE COMMUNIST BLOC

THE POST-WAR ORDER

TEHRAN, 1943

Stalin sought guarantees in Poland & Germany

MOSCOW, 1944

Churchill & Stalin agreed to share power in Balkans

Stalin promises self-determination & free elections

THE COMMUNIST BLOC

THE POST-WAR ORDER

YALTA, FEB. 1945

Soviets given control over Pacific territories

Also given complete control over Polish elections

POTSDAM, JULY 1945

USSR granted much Polish territory

Poland granted German territory

THE COMMUNIST BLOC

THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF EASTERN EUROPE

Contributing Factors

Few democratic traditions

Appeal of egalitarianism

Communist parties long-standing, well organized & respected

Stalin rigged & controlled some elections

Joseph Broz “Tito”

THE COMMUNIST BLOC

THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF EASTERN EUROPE

Contributing factors

Stalin forced Eastern European countries to refuse MARSHALL PLAN aid

Presence of Red Army

THE COMMUNIST BLOC

THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF EASTERN EUROPE

Imposition of Stalinism

Centralized economic planning with heavy industrialization

Collectivization of agriculture

Purges & terror

Conservative cultural policies, socialist realism

Suppression of nationalism

Trial of Rudolf Slansky