Download - Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
President Eduard Benes understood that if Czechoslovakia was to remain independent then it would be necessary to maintain Pro-Soviet foreign policy
Already some favor to Soviets as they saw them as liberators
Felt West had done nothing for them
Czechoslovakia
Czech was however in high need of money from Marshall Plans
Czech Communists formed People's Militia to put pressure on government
Benes then formed Communist government
Multiparty Czechoslovak state came to an end
Soviet-style state set up
Yugoslavia
Civil war broke out among partisan groups with the Communists
Josip Tito led fight against Royalist Chetniks
Tito's Communists won
Yugoslavia
Stalin did not trust Tito due in part to the the British and American help he received during the war
Poor relations
1948 - official break took place
Tito became West's favorite communist due to independent foreign policy
Maintained brutal communist style police state