Question

Why were many Eastern European nations considered to be ruled by puppet regimes after World War II

Answer 1

A puppet state is a state that is supposedly independent but is in fact dependent upon an outside power.It is nominally sovereign but effectively controlled by a foreign or otherwise alien power, for reasons such as financial interests.

A puppet state preserves the external paraphernalia of independence like a name, flag, anthem, constitution, law codes and motto but in reality is an organ of another state which created or sponsored the government.Puppet states are not recognized as legitimate under international law.[4]

Answer 2

Many eastern European nations like Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Czechoslovakia and Eastern Germany etc has been considered to be ruled by puppet regimes after WW II because they were indirectly controlled by the Soviet Union. After the World War II the Soviet Union established their communist ideology in these countries and began to control them ideologically and indirectly.