European countries expanded their empires by establishing colonies in africa so they could exploit and export africa’s resources, they also wanted to protect trade routes
"(2) “Poland and Hungary Join NATO” would be the newspaper headline most likely to have appeared <span>after the breakup of the Soviet Union--since the blocks were eliminated. </span>
The USSR extended its sphere of influence into Yugoslavia and Albania by supporting the communist parties in those countries. Yugoslavia separated from the USSR later on after a fight between those who supported the USSR way of Communism, that is Stalin, and those who supported the socialistic way, that is Tito.
