Conditions in Europe post-wwii
40M dead

Why did Stalin not push for communism directly post wwii
fear of capitalists

Greek armed communist group, brought civil war post-wwii
ELAS

What do British do to ELAS
bomb

Problem with East Europe for Stalin
no conditions for communism

What does Red army do to Germany
brutality

Where did Stalin establish puppet states (in 1947 election, use voter fraud to win election)
Bulgary
Romania

Place where Communists have decent support, but their willingness for Marshall plan leads Stalin to make it a puppet state
Czechoslovakia

Place with very anti-communist history, Yalta conference agrees to just merge in communist govt. but 1947 has takeover anyways
Poland

Pro-german place that got sieged by red army, Stalin tried hosting real election here (restraining communist party) in 1945 but failed so set up puppet state in '47
Hungary

Organization that allowed communists parties to collaborate until '43
Comintern

What country initially motivates Marshall plan
Greece

What are USSR tactics where they slowly get puppet states called
Salami tactics

Strong communist leader that Stalin hates because he is so powerful: `person` in `place`
person: Tito
place: Yugoslavia

What possibly led to the "Salami tactics" (not actually planned)
increasing confidence

Middle eastern place controlled by USSR
turkey