USSR taking over E.E

• what countries were taken over

  • Czechslovakia
  • Baltic States
  • Poland
  • Eastern Germany
  • Romania
  • Hungary
• What methods did Stalin use

  1. rigged elections
  2. Red Army in control
  3. mini-stalin dictators put in place
• Why did Stalin take over

  To create a buffer zone between Germany and the West

  To build an empire

  To spread communism