The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
Stalin's goals in eastern Europe were territorial control and a reconstruction of the nation. He wanted to keep the majority of the power and did so try by utilizing fear as his major device on the people.
After WW2 he wanted to install pro-communist, pro-USSR governments. His theory was that because Russia / USSR had been invaded twice in 25 years from europe and Stalin feared another war starting in that way again, so he did everything he colt to keep those pro governments in place.
Stalin wanted to dominate Europe after World War II to have a secure border for Russia. Another factor that came into play was the fact that Stalin felt that communism was the perfect form of government, and wanted to control the rest of the world through communism.
To create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments.
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
The Soviet Union wanted control of Eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in Eastern Europe.
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
At the end of World War 2, The Western Nations of the allied forces wanted all of the European nations to be freed and allowed to be self ruling AND democratic. Democracy hating Dictator Stalin was not going to do that with the nations he took from the Nazi Germans. The continual conflict over this matter between Stalin and FDR and Churchill ended up in a stale mate. Stalin got his nations to keep under communist Soviet rule and the other half of Europe the western allies liberated were allowed to be free and democratic. This sparked The 50 year Cold War.
After Hitler had so easily Invaded Russia, Stalin wanted to form a "buffer" of countries to avoid another invasion, but he also wanted to spread communism, and so he did that at the same time as protect Russia
Because He Wanted Control of Eastern Europe But Russia was in the way because of European Russia