Why did communism become established in Eastern Europe after the Second World War?

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

7 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/15/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Introduction.
The reasons why communism was implemented in Eastern Europe.
1. Two 'exclusive zones of influence'.
2. The efficient presence of the Red Army in the occupied countries.
3. The Soviets chasing off the Nazis from Eastern Europe.
The role East/West relations played in the politics of eastern European countries.
1. The special cases of Finland, Czechoslovakia and Austria.
How the 'take-over' was effective.
1. The first phase: The communists attempt to lay firm foundations for the future.
2. The second phase: Governments composed of coalitions.
3. The third phase: Coalitions transformed into 'monolithic blocks'.
Franz Borkenau on the establishment of absolute communist control.
The use of nationalism as a tactic.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

On the 25th of April 1945, shortly before the official end of the second world war, American and Soviet soldiers meet at the Elbe river. But to reach the Elbe river, the Russian troops had to come all the way across europe, and so across eastern europe. By the end of the same year, seven states occupied by the Red Army were led by communist parties , and Albania and Yugoslavia were also ruled by local communists. If we add to the report the fact that most of the eastern part of europe will remain under communist ruling until the end of the 1980s, the question of why communism became established in those countries seems natural. In order to answer the essay question, it might be interesting, first to examine the different reasons that led to the establishment of communism, but also to try and understand how the situation was implemented. The reasons why communism was implemented in eastern europe are numerous, and many classifications are used among historians.