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Europe 1914 and 1919

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mainoutcomeswere:theSovietUnionwouldjointheUnitedNations inreturn
for a buffer zone in Eastern and Central Europe; the Soviets would declare war on
forabufferzoneinEasternandCentralEurope;theSovietswoulddeclarewaron
Japan;GermanyandAustriawouldbeoccupiedanddividedintofoursectors and
managedbythethreeconferenceparticipantsplusFrance;Germanywouldhave
topayreparations;andcountriessuchasEstoniaandLatviawereallowedto
remainunderSovietoccupation.Itwouldtakeanother44years beforethe
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GermanregimeandothercommunistgovernmentsinEasternandCentral
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Union had disintegrated former EasternEuropeancommunistgovernments
Unionhaddisintegrated,former
Eastern European communist governments had
had
joined theEuropeanUnion(EU)and theNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization
(NATO),and RussiahadformednewpartnershipswithboththeEUandNATO.
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