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1945, at the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Union obtained the Curzon Line as her new boundary line with Poland and also the control of the eastern zone of Germany
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As the war was drawing to a close in May 1945, the Soviet Union quickly consolidated her control of eastern Europe. This means that the Russians were starting to take control over parts of Europe after WWII
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late 1946, the French and Italian Communists were becoming the most powerful parties in France and Italy