Soviet takeovers how Flashcards
Hungarian communist leader…Rákosi… boasted that he had dealt with
his partners in the government one by one,…………….
Salami
In…………communist groups took control during the war in 1944. Many
opponents were accused of working with the Nazis (some did). Over ……. were
killed
Bulgaria
20,000
In Hungary the communists in the government were given control of the police. They
arrested rivals like the head of the…….holders party for supposedly plotting to
overthrow the government
small
In Romania the Communist party won over ……..% of the vote as they used powers
as the largest party in a coalition to rig elections and remove opponents
70
Communists with Red army help, took control with arrests,intimidation,
killings and ………….elections , like in Romania
rigged
how many Soviet soldiers that had driven out the Nazis
out of countries across Eastern Europe now helped local
communist parties get control?
1m
When was Hungary takeover
1947
When was Bulgarian takeover
1944-6
by 1948 what countries were taken over by communist?
by 1948 Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland + Romania communist controlled.
when was was Romania taken over
1944