USSR's+control+of+Eastern+Europe

Anil Tharani

Prompt: Identify and analyze the tactics used by the USSR to unify and control most of eastern Europe during the Cold War

Outline: Paragraph 1: USSR alliances and states Paragraph 2: Rebellions Paragraph 3: Scare Tactics and Arms Race.

CD's: 1. Warsaw Pact-USSR would assist nations like Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland if allies threatened. 2. Stalin 5 YP- industrialization, collectivization 3. Hungary Rebellion- Imry Nagy, declares Hungary free 4. Czech's "Prague Spring"-Dubcek, happy communism 5/6. Molotov/Marshall Plan-Molotov provided economic help to commuist nations, counter to allies Marshall 7. Arms Race-Nuclear weapons 8. COMECON/EEC- promoted trade amongst nations 9. Industrialization 10-13. Scare Tactics against nations like "administrative violence, mass repression, and terror" 14. Buffer zones needed to protect Russia 15. Army power-massive army could easily overpower smaller nations 16. Armored Tanks-more tanks than any other nations 17. Kruschev lightens policies-some nations get free speech 18. Janos Kadar-strict communist leader put in charge of Hungary, loyal to USSR 19-20. Berlin Blockade/Wall-Allies culd not interfere with Soviet influence, cut off ties and trade with allies.

Thesis: During the Cold War, Stalin and Kruschev led the USSR and its member states to domination by using Scare tactics, repression of rebellions, and providing economic help to any communist nation in desperate need of it.