... Great Britain in World War II created a power vacuum that was filled by the Red Army. America's response was the 'Declaration on Liberated Europe' which did not promise a buffer zone because it allowed liberated countries to have free elections. If people elected parties which were unfriendly to the Soviet Union and its interests, it would be a hazard to Soviet Union's main security goals. Thus, the United States used verbal refusal to the Sovietization of Eastern Europe without having the means to actually oppose it and the Soviet Union according to the orthodox aview, began their three stage pattern of conquest (coalition, persecution/elimination, single party state). The introduction of the Deutschmark symbolizes the unification of Western Europe and its ideology. The three zones national currency represents a big leap forward for the United States and its allies because it further ties Western Europe and interests. Also note ...

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