After World War II, Stalin aimed to control Eastern Europe to create a buffer zone against potential Western aggression and to expand Soviet influence. He sought to spread communism and establish pro-Soviet governments in the region, believing this would secure the USSR's borders and enhance its geopolitical power. Additionally, controlling Eastern Europe allowed Stalin to extract resources and strengthen the Soviet economy, consolidating his regime's stability and authority.
The Soviet Union Leader Stalin refused to allow the Eastern European nations to be freed to have their own self-rule. They became known as the Eastern Bloc.Stalin also refused to allow half of Germany and Berlin to be free. They became oppressed and ruled by the communist nation of the Soviet Union for 45 years. General Eisenhower, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill did their best to get Stalin to free all the nations in which his military conquered the Nazi Wehrmacht.Roosevelt was furious that Stalin did not want to give up his communist agenda of imperialism. President Truman had to deal with the problem after Roosevelt died. The Korean War became his headache.The atomic age was born out of the "democracies" versus "communists" conflict. At one point General MacArthur wanted to drop atomic bombs on North Korea. Truman put a stop to this.The problem borne out of the Eastern European takeover escalated to the Cold War and was not reversed after Stalin died.
Europe wanted Chinese silk, tea, and spices such as: cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
Asia
They wanted to expand their territory because their mamma was to fat .
Because Archie Duke shot an ostritch because he was hungry Everyone knows that :P
After WW2 he wanted to install pro-communist, pro-USSR governments. His theory was that because Russia / USSR had been invaded twice in 25 years from europe and Stalin feared another war starting in that way again, so he did everything he colt to keep those pro governments in place.
churchill wanted free elections and democratic governments in eastern and central Europe especially in Poland
Stalin hopes that by the Allies invading Europe, Germany would have to fight on two fronts. This would split the German forces, and reduce the pressure on the Russian/Germany front.
Because stalin feared a invasion from the West, he was still paranoid over the two wars that had been started in the west and in central europe and didn't want it to happen again
he wanted to take over germany, showing no mercy
Stalin sought loyal neighbors to secure the Soviet Union's borders and create a buffer against potential invasions, particularly from Western powers. By establishing friendly communist governments in neighboring countries, he aimed to spread Soviet influence and ideology while ensuring that these nations would support Soviet interests. This strategy was rooted in a desire for security, control, and the promotion of communism as a dominant political force in Eastern Europe.
to divert the German army from the Russian front
he did not object to it....Stalin did and this was because he was still not too sure whether to stay as an ally of the U.S.A or to split off from it. But he was not prepared to hand over economic data to the U.S.A. He also thought that this was to take away the Soviet sphere of influence in eastern Europe as if the countries in eastern Europe accepted, he didn't want them to become too dependant on the U.S dollar.
Europe.
During but especially after World War II, Stalin sought to occupy and then control satellite nations in Europe, especially, for several reasons. The first was ideological: to spread the Communist revolution. The second was defensive in nature: Stalin sought to establish a buffer of sympathetic nations around the Soviet Union as protection against any further aggression by major powers in future wars.
The Soviet Union did not want allies, they wanted puppet states. They controlled eastern Europe until the wall came down.
Stalin kept half of Germany. It became known as East Germany and was under Russia's communist rule until the early 1990s.That is why Stalin want control of European countries