Stalin's Spread of Communism (jan 1, 1945 – dec 1, 1949)
Description:
COUNTRY STALIN’S ACTIONSROMANIA • COALITION GOV. ESTABLISHED 1945
• COMMUNIST MEMBERS THREATENED NON-COMMUNIST MEMBERS OF COALITION
• SOVIET ARMY DISARMED ROMANIAN ARMY
• COMMUNISTS WON NEXT ELECTION (80%)
HUNGARY • COMMUNIST CONTROLLED POLICE (45-)
• 1947 COMMUNISTS CAPTURE GOVERNMENT AND BAN OTHER PARTIES
• MATYAS RAKOSI BECOMES LEADER – CRUEL TO NON-COMMUNISTS
POLAND • 1947 ELECTION RIGED TO ENSURE ENTIRELY COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF COALITION
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Date:
jan 1, 1945
dec 1, 1949
~ 4 years and 11 months