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.
B. a religion based on achievement of nirvana through good living
There were a lot of raids in Africa which led Africans to sell those captured to the Europeans for slavery.
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They probably want (a) but the real answer is neither.
<span>It was a financially sound move, It expanded our military presence in the world, and It expanded our social and political presence in the world. </span>