occupation of eastern and western europe `1945-1947

Question 1

what accpected unoffically that poland was part of the soviet sphere of influence?

Answer 1

the new doctrine of containtment being made by truman

Question 2

why did both the british and the uk refuse to send officals to monitor the election in poland? and when?

Answer 2

because they acknowleged that there was little that could be done to influence events in poland jan 1947

Question 3

why did the leader of the communist party view the formation of the cominforn with dismay?but what did he do?in poland

Answer 3

he feared that it would cause the other eastern european communist to follow down the socialism model in moscow but he still joined reluctantly

Question 4

when was king micheal of romania forced to abdicate?

Answer 4

dec 1947

Question 5

when was a commnunist peoples republic declared in romania?

Answer 5

in april 1948

Question 6

what did stain urge the bulgarian communist to do in september 1946?

Answer 6

to set up a labour party

Question 7

what did stalin encourage the bulgerian commnunist to do to the opposition?

Answer 7

to liquidate the oppostion

Question 8

what did the bulgarian commnunist party see the formation of the cominforn as?

Answer 8

a cue for pressing on the radical programme of nationalising industry and creating a one party state

Question 9

why did yugoslavia occupy a unique position to the other eastern european conutries?

Answer 9

as the commnuist party had effectively won power idependently of the soviet forces in november 1945

Question 10

in czechslovakia what did the commnuist win and when?

Answer 10

may 1946 they won 385 of the votes without any violence

Question 11

when did the czechslovakia commnunist seize power?

Answer 11

in february 1948

Question 12

what did still insist the commnunist party in hungary to do?

Answer 12

join a coalition government

Question 13

what was the most powerful oppostion to the commnunist party in hungary and what happened to it?

Answer 13

the leader of the smallholders party. this opposition was crushed by his arrested by soviet troops in the spring of 1947 for conspiring against the occupation

Question 14

what caused the communist and socialist party in hungary to merge and when?

Answer 14

soviet pressure in march 1948

Question 15

in feburary 1949 what was formed in hungary?

Answer 15

the commnunist-dominated hungarian people’s independance

Question 16

what new government was formed in france and when?

Answer 16

in 1946 the commnunist, socialist and chritian democrat coailition was formed

Question 17

when was the moscow confernce and what did france openly do? what did this lead to?

Answer 17

march 1947, france openly aligned itself with the usa and the uk, two months later the commnunist were expelled from the governing coalition

Question 18

when was the communist dismissed from the italin cabinet? and did this do?

Answer 18

may 1947, this cleared the way for the government to accept the marshall plan and aliegn itself to the west

Question 19

when was the paris treaty concluded? and what was finland going to have to do?

Answer 19

in 1947, finland had to pay $300 million in reparations and ceding the naval base of petsamo of stratical importance all to the ussr

Question 20

when did finland decline the marshall plan?and what did it not become a member of? why?

Answer 20

in 1947 and did not become a member of the cominform to remain neutral