This marked a cooling in relations between the two sides. Between 1945 and 1948 communist regimes were established throughout Eastern Europe (Salami tactics). Albania (1945)‚ Bulgaria (1945)‚ Poland (1947)‚ Hungary (1947)‚ Romania (1945-1947)‚ Czechoslovakia (1948)‚ and East Germany (1949)‚ all these countries went through a different process‚ but the results were the same. The Red Army retained a presence in much of Eastern Europe during and after this process. A ’communist zone’ was created in Europe
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The villa was commissioned by Fritz Tugendhat and his wife Greta and received as a wedding present. The home overlooks a valley and the beautiful city of Brno. The Tugendhat’s lived in the villa for only eight years after the family had to flee Czechoslovakia due to World War II. They moved to Switzerland and never returned‚ so in sequence they had the Tugendhat villa confiscated for office use by the Gestapo. During their time living in the villa however‚ they had an extravagant time. The open floor
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The term power is most often associated with leaders‚ especially in the context of this course because leaders have a certain degree of power over their followers. Power is defined simply as the capacity to produce effects on others (Shih‚ 2013). The amount of power an individual has affects the individual’s ability to influence followers (Shih‚ 2013). Influence is any change in a follower’s beliefs or values (Shih‚ 2013). A fine example of a leader with power is Adolf Hitler who was famous for his
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to obliterate the Jews (Kristallnacht Night of Broken Glass). Herschel Grynszpan shot official Ernst Vom Rath‚ Because he was distressed about over his family’s deportation. This caused riots in Germany‚ Austria‚ and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Violent mobs destroyed hundreds of synagogues and buried Jewish artifacts
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from having a vast military. At the time‚ many European countries were experiencing problems of their own‚ which altered their focus from Adolph Hitler and Germany. Meanwhile‚ Hitler formed an alliance with Italy and annexed Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia. Hitler now feared that if the Soviet Union and West form an alliance‚ his plans would be foiled‚ so he decided to make an alliance of his own with the Soviet leader‚ Joseph Stalin. This alliance ensured Hitler’s control over Poland. In the meantime
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resurgence of Western Germany encouraged the USSR to create an alliance with its satellite nations—the Warsaw Pact. The USSR had essentially controlled or at least held strong influence over Poland‚ Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ East Germany‚ Romania‚ and Czechoslovakia. The Warsaw Pact codified the existing relationships the USSR had with those countries and both formally and
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In my opinion‚ the treaties of Versailles couldn’t be justified at the time in a large extent. The treaties led Germany and her allies a very harsh punishment and suffered a lot at the time. The War Guilt Clause made them had to accept the total responsibility which was unfair because the Allies also caused the war happened. The ￡6.6 billion reparation from Germany was unacceptable for German at the time and led to the hyperinflation in 1923 and other economic problems. They had to pay reparations
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given to Germany because Hitler promised he would have no more territorial demands. French Premier Edouard Daladier and Chamberlain hoped this would satisfy Hitler and prevent war. In 1939‚ Hitler broke the Munich agreement and seized the rest of Czechoslovakia. By 1941‚ this had
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Take Home Test Chapter 30 1. Describe the dispute between the United States and Russia at the end of World War II. How and why did it escalade into a cold war? Roosevelt had always tried for the most peaceful agreements with Stalin and the Soviet Union. When he died and Truman succeeded him‚ Truman immediately demanded free elections throughout Eastern Europe. Stalin refused. “A freely elected government in any of these Eastern European countries would be anti-Soviet‚” he said‚ “and that we
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ASSESS THE IMPORTANCE OF IDEOLOGY ON THE FORMULATION OF NAZI FOREIGN POLICY to 1939 From Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor on January 30 1933 to the beginning of WWII on Sept 3 1939‚ the Nazi state pursued an aggressive foreign policy that contributed largely to the outbreak of war. This foreign policy was largely reflective of the goals Hitler had set out in his 1924 autobiography “Mein Kampf”‚ particularly Germany’s easterly moving aggressions. However‚ although Nazi ideology played a dominant
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