Question
How was Soviet hegemony over the Eastern Europe established?
Solution
Soviet hegemony over the Eastern Europe established through following instances:
(i)Hitler wanted to achieve his long-term aim of conquering Eastern Europe. He attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941. In this historic blunder Hitler exposed the German western front to British aerial bombing and the eastern front to the powerful Soviet armies.
(i)Hitler wanted to achieve his long-term aim of conquering Eastern Europe. He attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941. In this historic blunder Hitler exposed the German western front to British aerial bombing and the eastern front to the powerful Soviet armies.
(ii)The Soviet Red Army inflicted a crushing and humiliating defeat on Germany at Stalingrad.
(iii)After this the Soviet Red Army hounded out the retreating German soldiers until they reached the heart of Berlin, establishing Soviet hegemony over the entire Eastern Europe for half a century thereafter.
