History A-Level
Communist consolidation through party merger
What Communist consolidation through party merger means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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In 1946 the Soviet Military Administration forced the merger of the KPD and SPD in its zone into the Socialist Unity Party (SED), giving communists a dominant but not sole voice.
Topics that use Communist consolidation through party merger
- Establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR, c1949–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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