Question

How did the Soviet Union maintain control of East Germany after World War II?

Answer 1

After the end of World War II, Soviet forces occupied the country, seeking dominance of their Socialist Ideology, and there they stayed throughout the Cold War.

Occupying it was how they managed to take control of this portion of the country. Their ideological war against the United States' Capitalism was how they managed to maintain control of the area.

During this period the Berlin Wall was built, and it marked the division between Western and Eastern Germany.

Answer 2

Answer: The soviets kept their troops in east Germany and occupied it is how did the soviet union maintain control of east Germany after world war ii and alter established puppet state but soviet army was still pertness. 
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