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> So might the Western powers. That would be unlikely - Czechoslovakia was in Soviet sphere of influence as decided in Yalta and the West was severely outgunne
by yread 6y ago
> So might the Western powers.
That would be unlikely - Czechoslovakia was in Soviet sphere of influence as decided in Yalta and the West was severely outgunned (at least in conventional weapons) by Soviets in Europe.
- inglor_cz 6y agoUnlikely, yes, but stranger things have happened during the early Cold War.
- Context_free 6y ago> the West was severely outgunned (at least in conventional weapons) by Soviets in Europe. "The west" was severely outgunned by the west - the largest political party in France in 1948 was PCF, the communist/socialist alliance in Italy almost won that year. Finland remained outside the eastern bloc simply because it was no longer seen as being part of a threat. In the UK the Labour party which tossed out Churchill while he was in Potsdam was busy nationalizing the commanding heights of England's means of production (although they were not as militant as their comrades on the continent of course). The west was busy trying to hold onto the West, never mind intervening in Prague.
- yread 6y agoNot to mention all the troubles in Italy and Greece