... threats. Truman did not want to repeat the mistake of the Treaty of Versailles. By 1946 Stalin's troops effectively controlled the Baltic States, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania and Romania. With Communist governments established throughout Eastern Europe, Stalin gradually tightened his control in each country. The secret police imprisoned anyone who opposed Communist rule, or might oppose it at a later ... ...

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... countries in Western Europe and in Latin America. They supported a democratic government. The Soviet Union led the eastern bloc and it included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. This bloc supported a communist government. No actual fighting took place between these two groups. This is why the war was called the "Cold" war. Wars that include combat are considered ... ...

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The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of the Eastern European Soviet Block countries intended to organize against the perceived threat from the NATO alliance. The Eastern Block members were: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, the former USSR and the former Czechoslovakia. All the Communist countries of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia were included. The treaty was drafted by Kkrushchev in 1955 ... ...

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