Soviet control over eastern Europe

  • Yalta Conference

    They decide the post-war status of Germany
  • The Soviet Union took over Albania

  • Communist-led coalition government was elected into power in Bulgaria

  • Soviets arrested non-communists in Moscow

    Soviets invited 16 non-communist Polish leaders to Moscow and arrested them
  • Rakosi took over the secret police in Hungary

    Rakosi took over the secret police and arrested and executed their oppenents
  • A communist-led coalition government was elected in Romania

  • Gottwald got complete control over the radio, army and police in Czechoslovakia

  • Rakosi got complete control over Hungary

  • The Communists got rid of the monarchy in Romania

  • East Germany became Communist controlled