Narrative Questions

• Narrative account of Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe P1

  P1 1945-Albania fell to communism after a communist leader came into power after WW2. Additionally in 1945 East Germany became a part of Russia’s sphere of influence as agreed to at Yalta.
• Narrative account of Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe P2

  P2 1947- Poland fell to communism. Stalin feared that a non-communist would be elected so Stalin invited 16 non-communist to Moscow, where they were arrested. With their non-communist political opponents gone, the Polish communists won the election.
• Narrative account of Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe P3

  P3 1948 & 1949- Hungary were non-communist before 1948. A communist politician Rakosi took control of the police and used it to arrest his political opponents. In 1949 Czechoslovakia were the last country to fall to communism. That year only communists were allowed to stand so obviously a communist government was elected.