Stalin did not keep his promise to hold elections in eastern Europe.
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.
because they had lost the war
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.
To create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments.
Stalin Refused to allow free elections in eastern Europe World War 2
During World War II, Stalin viewed Churchill as a valuable ally against Germany, but an opponent of Soviet expansion. After the war was over, Churchill was Stalin's most vocal enemy, openly speaking against Stalin's takeover 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
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.
First the Soviet Union and then most of eastern Europe.