Question

When the Allied leaders were making their plans for the postwar period, they agreed that the countries that were liberated from Germany would be given their full independence. However, __________ did not grant independence to __________. A. the Soviet Union; eastern European nations (like Poland) B. West Germany; East Germany C. Austria; Austria-Hungary D. Yugoslavia; Czechoslovakia

Answer 1

The answer here is (A) the Soviet Union; eastern European nations (like Poland).

The problem was that the armies of the USSR under Joe Stalin had a tendency to occupy the countries they "liberated" from German control, like Poland and Romania, and although they promised independence what actually happened was that the USSR influenced and manipulated the politics in each country to install people friendly to Moscow.

None of the other answers make much sense. East and West Germany were the result of their postwar plans for Germany. Austria was liberated from Germany but did not take part in the talks (it was treated mostly as a liberated country), and Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia fell in behind the Iron Curtain.