the soviet union dominated eastern europe after world war ii.
the soviet union dominated eastern europe after world war ii.
what country dominated eastern europe after world war ii?
the soviet union
the second world war dramatically upended the international system, as formerly-powerful nations like germany, france, japan, and even britain had been devastated. at the end of the war, only the united states and the soviet union had the ability to exercise influence, and a bipolar international power structure replaced the multipolar structure of the interwar period. on taking office, truman privately viewed the soviet union as a "police government pure and simple," but he was initially reluctant to take a hard-line towards the soviet union, as he hoped to work with the soviets in the aftermath of second world war. truman's suspicions deepened as the soviets consolidated their control in eastern europe throughout 1945, and the february 1946 announcement of the soviet five-year plan further strained relations as it called for the continuing build-up of the soviet military. at the december 1945 moscow conference, secretary of state byrnes agreed to recognize the pro-soviet governments in the balkans, while the soviet leadership accepted u.s. leadership in the occupation of japan. u.s. concessions at the conference angered other members of the truman administration, including truman himself. by the beginning of 1946, it had become clear to truman that britain and the united states would have little influence in soviet-dominated eastern europe.
foreign policy of the harry s. truman administration
bullet::::- the term displaced person (dp) was first widely used during world war ii and the resulting refugee outflows from eastern europe, when it was used to specifically refer to one removed from their native country as a refugee, prisoner or a slave laborer. most of the victims of war, political refugees and dps of the immediate post-second world war period were ukrainians, poles, other slavs, as well as citizens of the baltic states – lithuanians, latvians, and estonians, who refused to return to soviet-dominated eastern europe. a.j. jaffe claimed that the term was originally coined by eugene m. kulischer. the meaning has significantly broadened in the past half-century.
forced displacement