After Hitler had so easily Invaded Russia, Stalin wanted to form a "buffer" of countries to avoid another invasion, but he also wanted to spread communism, and so he did that at the same time as protect Russia
Several agreements were made between Stalin and the Western Powers at the Yalta Conference of February 1945:
Germany and Berlin was to be divided
Stalin would join the war against Japan once Hitler was defeated
War criminals were to be hunted down and punished
All three (USSR, GB, USA) would join the UN
Free elections were to be held in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe would become a 'Soviet Sphere of influence'
Stalin did not keep his promise to hold elections in eastern Europe.
The Soviet Union used military presence and diplomatic pressure to set up Communist governments.
Josef Stalin did not keep the promise he made in the Yalta Conference
how to divide Germany. if they should let Stalin have eastern Europe
It was a meeting in Yalta in Eastern Europe in February 1945. The Big 3(Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) meet to discuss what they would do with Germany and Europe after the war was over. It was decided that Stalin and the Soviet Union would over take Berlin, and have control of Eastern Europe. This lead to tensions because Stalin forced communism onto the Eastern European countries, and as we know the US was anti-communist.
Stalin was interested in eastern Europe because he believed it was subject to the Soviet influence.
Stalin did not keep his promise to hold elections in eastern Europe.
Stalin supported state capitalist governments in Eastern Europe. Communism has no government (or classes or money).
Stalin promised protection and to work with the USSR.
Stalin Refused to allow free elections in eastern Europe World War 2
Stalin's objective was to have control of most/half of eastern Europe
Stalin's objective was to have control of most/half of eastern Europe
Stalin's objective was to have control of most/half of eastern Europe
The threat of another war kept the US from stopping Stalin's efforts to take over eastern Europe.
The Soviet Union used military presence and diplomatic pressure to set up Communist governments.
First the Soviet Union and then most of eastern Europe.
The threat of another war kept the US from stopping Stalin's efforts to take over eastern Europe.