Germany wanted to ensure its military was free to invade Poland. The USSR, for its part, annexed the western side of Poland and the Baltic countries.
Yes, before the fall of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Germany, East Germany (DDR) was an Eastern Bloc country, directly affiliated with the USSR.
in WW1, Germany did not take over any country. in WW2, austria, Poland, France, the balkans (Greece and the surrounding countries) belgium, the Netherlands and parts of Scandinavia. that's all the major ones, the only non-major one I know of is Luxembourg
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Yugoslavia was not annexed or made a satellite state by the USSR because they had gained their independence themselves. They had not relied on Allied aid so the USSR had no standing to impose power on the country.
Austria was the first country to be annexed.
Germany wanted to ensure its military was free to invade Poland. The USSR, for its part, annexed the western side of Poland and the Baltic countries.
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Austria .
Yes, before the fall of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Germany, East Germany (DDR) was an Eastern Bloc country, directly affiliated with the USSR.
Germany wanted to ensure its military was free to invade Poland. The USSR, for its part, annexed the western side of Poland and the Baltic countries.
in WW1, Germany did not take over any country. in WW2, austria, Poland, France, the balkans (Greece and the surrounding countries) belgium, the Netherlands and parts of Scandinavia. that's all the major ones, the only non-major one I know of is Luxembourg
Well by the first part of Question of "Which country was annexed by the Germans", The answer is Austria but it was in 1938. Germany invaded Poland which triggered World War 2.
Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS had all been formerly members of the USSR and the annexed countries. These annexed countries were Hungary, East Germany, Poland, or Lithuania.
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The USSR, United Soviet Socialist Republics