The Soviet Union pressed the Allies to open a second front in Europe - that is, one in addition to the Eastern Front. Stalin regarded North Africa and Italy as a mere sideshow. The 'second front' was the opened with the Normandy landings in 1944. A 'second front' was particularly important from the Soviet point of view as it took some of the pressure off the Eastern Front/
The main goal was to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe
onions
decades of war between Eastern and Western Europe.
The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact to use the occupied nations of Eastern Europe as a buffer zone against the US and western Europe.
NATO. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Basically an alliance of the North American and Western European countries to deter Soviet imperialism.
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia separated the Soviet Union from Western Europe.
Soviet influence diminished in Western Europe
The main goal was to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe
The environment of Eastern Europe is in extremely poor condition compared to the environment of Western Europe. The former Soviet bloc countries had much lower standards during the Soviet occupation.
onions
decades of war between Eastern and Western Europe.
decades of war between Eastern and Western Europe.
decades of war between Eastern and Western Europe.
decades of war between Eastern and Western Europe.
NATO is the military alliance that was created to defend Western Europe from a possible Soviet attack.
The Soviet Union's relations with Western Europe following World War II were colored heavily by Soviet relations with Eastern Europe and by the Warsaw Pact forces arrayed in Europe against NATO forces.The Soviet Union's policy toward Western Europe had five basic goals: preventing rearmament and nuclearization of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
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