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Europe: after 1945

Europe: after 1945. The SOVIET UNION controlled: Eastern Europe Eastern Germany The US and Britain controlled: Western Europe Western Germany. Fears and suspicions. The Soviet Union believed:

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Europe: after 1945

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  1. Europe: after 1945 • The SOVIET UNION controlled: • Eastern Europe • Eastern Germany • The US and Britain controlled: • Western Europe • Western Germany

  2. Fears and suspicions • The Soviet Union believed: • Western nations like the United States wanted to invade them and destroy their system of communism • The United States believed: • The Soviet Union wanted to takeover the rest of Europe and spread communism • Another war was possible

  3. Emerging differences of the superpowersThe US perspective • The west distrusted the Soviet Union • It was seen as a cruel dictatorship • The west believed the SU wanted to spread communism across the world

  4. Emerging differences of the superpowers The Soviet perspective • The Soviet Union feared western invasion, western ideas and western strength • It sought security after three invasions since 1914 • To achieve this it wanted to control Eastern Europe

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