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When Stalin occupied Eastern Europe after defeating Nazi Germany, why was it that some countries (e.g. Lithuania) became part of the USSR, and others (e.g. Czechoslovakia) were simply part of the Eastern Bloc?

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When Stalin occupied Eastern Europe after defeating Nazi Germany, why was it that some countries (e.g. Lithuania) became part of the USSR, and others (e.g. Czechoslovakia) were simply part of the Eastern Bloc?	213