WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE COLD WAR ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do the following countries have in common? Czechoslovakia-East Germany-Hungary-Poland
A
They all joined N.A.T.O
B
They all fell under Soviet control
C
They refused to make peace with Germany
D
They refused to sign the peace Treaty ending WWII
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania (Albania withdrew in 1968).

Detailed explanation-2: -In Western Europe, the term Eastern Bloc generally referred to the USSR and Central and Eastern European countries in the Comecon (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania). In Asia, the Eastern Bloc comprised Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, North Korea, Syria and China.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union Occupies Eastern Europe At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union occupied Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland and eastern Germany. Great Britain, the United States, France, and the Soviet Union divided Germany and Berlin into four occupation zones to be administered by the four countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like other Eastern Bloc countries (East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania), Poland was regarded as a satellite state in the Soviet sphere of influence, but it was never a part of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -This empire included Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany. Each had a Communist government. In the West they were called satellites because they clung closely to the Soviet Union like satellites round a planet.

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