History GCSE
Soviet consolidation of control in Eastern Europe
What Soviet consolidation of control in Eastern Europe means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Between 1945 and 1948 the USSR consolidated control over Eastern Europe, with Soviet forces occupying much of the region at the end of the war.
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