Question

Trace the course of events leading to the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948.

Answer 1

The communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948 was the result of a chain of events in the past. Some of the past events that led to this measure by the communists were:

1. The Americans developed a plan for the reconstruction of Europe, which came to be known as the Marshall Plan. The Soviets and the Eastern European nations including Czechoslovakia rejected the plan on the grounds that it aimed to increase US dominance in the economic matters of Europe.
2. The USSR formulated the Molotov Plan with other Eastern European nations for countering the influence of the USA.
3. It formed the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance or COMECON and The Communist Information Bureau or COMINFORM for increasing its influence in the Eastern European nations.
4. In Czechoslovakia in 1948 elections took place where the communist and left parties of the nations were apparent that they would lose the elections because of their refusal of the Marshall Plan for the economic regeneration of the country.
5. Thus with the help of the USSR, the communist party captured power through an armed coup and the communist takeover of the nation took place.