By the end of World War 2 the USSR had regained all its pre-war territory, annexed parts of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania, and soon afterwards it established satellite states in the countries that it had liberated from Nazi rule.
Eastern Europe
The main goal was to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe
The Soviet Union created satellite countries in Eastern Europe with communist governments to repress their people, repress free speech & keep people hostage to the Soviet Union's goals.
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
To conquer Eastern Europe
A map is included in the link below referring to the expansion of the Soviet Union post World War II. There is a key provided on the map. A satellite state is a state that is under high influence of the country though not directly controlled by the country itself. For example, Albania was a satellite state of the Soviet Union, however, it was not a part of the Soviet Union.
Russia, or rather, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; the Soviet Union. Every nation in Europe was devastated during World War II, with the exception of Switzerland, which remained neutral.
Eastern Europe
The main goal was to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe
The main goal was to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe
The main goal was to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe
The Soviet Union's aggression after World War II was especially focused in Eastern Europe. Winston Churchill claimed the Soviet Union was extending the Iron Curtain.
The allies Soviet Union
The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union created satellite countries in Eastern Europe with communist governments to repress their people, repress free speech & keep people hostage to the Soviet Union's goals.
To conquer Eastern Europe
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe