They didn't exactly invade those countries. Most of it was done through trade agreements and defense pacts.
The Warsaw Pact was the alliance that was made by communist Eastern European countries that the Soviet Union controlled. It was a military alliance that was formed in 1955, during the Cold War.
EEST is Eastern European Summer Time. It is three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and one hour ahead of Eastern European Time (EET). It is the name used during Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the Eastern European Time Zone. EEST is in use from late March until late October in several eastern European and middle eastern countries.
(Soviet satellites)During the Cold War, Eastern European countries like Poland and Hungary were called Soviet satellites. A satellite is a person, country, or object (such as a moon) whose actions and movement is controlled by a larger, more powerful person, country, or object. During the Cold War, Eastern European countries were called Soviet satellites because they were controlled by the Soviet Union. If these countries tried to act in an independent way, the Soviet Union would send in its army and force them back into line.
The USA, Britain and her colonies and the USSR. The French also had a resistance force, as did most Eastern European countries that the Nazis took over.
They are all European countries that Germany had control in during World War II.
Only four countries are communist today. They are China, North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba. All other present day countries are either democracies or under dictatorships.Edit: Five actually. Laos is communist as well.
FRANCE was a Western European Republic during the Cold War. Conversely, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia were all Communist States during the Cold War.
Five countries fought for control of the Americas during the colonial era: France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Britain. All had a presence in North America except for Portugal, which stayed in the south.
The countries that were independent durning the European Colonization in Africa was Liberia and Ethiopia
The only non-neutral European country that was completely free of Axis control during World War 2 was England. Russia was not defeated but did cede ground to German control during the fighting.
Yes. A number of European countries are neutral and were neutral during conflicts such as World War II. Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland are three such countries, and there are others.
During World War II, Eastern Europe was primarily under the control of three types of government: fascist, communist, and collaborationist regimes. Fascist governments, such as Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, occupied and controlled countries like Poland, Hungary, and Romania. Communist governments, led by the Soviet Union, emerged in Eastern European countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. Collaborationist regimes were also established in countries like Croatia and Slovakia, which cooperated with the Axis powers.