Cold War: USSR Actions - Communist Expansion in Eastern Europe 🚩 A-level History Learning & Revision

In this episode, we’ll describe how Stalin consolidated communist control in Eastern Europe. We’ll talk about the methods he used, such as the military presence of the Red Army, which acted as both a security force and an enforcer of communist regimes in satellite states. We’ll also discuss the 'Salami tactics' Stalin employed to weaken opposing political parties and how elections were manipulated to favour communism. We’ll explore how the appeal of socialism, especially among those affected by the Second World War, helped Stalin's cause. Finally, we’ll highlight the communist coup in Czechoslovakia and how it increased fears of communist expansion in the West, reflecting Stalin's use of fear and undemocratic tactics to establish control, with limited resistance in some areas.

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