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COLD WAR ORIGINS SOVIET EXPANSION - Coggle Diagram
COLD WAR ORIGINS SOVIET EXPANSION
EXAMPLES
Hungary
Coalition with socialists - opposition accused of offences, party dissolved - Communists assumed power 1947
Czechoslovakia
Coalition with socialists - Gottwald took over radio, army etc - Communists took power
Poland
Govt of National Unity (Communist puppet govt), nominal recognition of London poles, free elections promised but never given - one-party state 1947
MOTIVATIONS
US VIEW
pursuit of 'global Communism'
aggressive Communist expansion
USSR VIEW
'buffer zone' from West Germany - invaded 3x in last 200 years
defence from capitalist encirclement
CONCLUSIONS
the USSR expansion can be seen from a historical, ideological and military view
HISTORICAL - Russia had been invaded 3x via Poland in C20 - security
IDEOLOGICAL - expansion = pursuit of global Communism OR defence from capitalist encirclement
MILITARY - USSR were seeking to take control of Europe through aggressive expansion to project its power
EXPANSION = SECURITY? OR AGGRESSION