World War II devastated Europe such a great deal that it would take many years before the entirety of the continent of Europe would be as strong as it once was before the twentieth century history which, at that point, had been almost totally consisting of wars. Following World War II, European nations were both created and further developed according to the general opinion within each respective area concerning the Cold War. The world was split into two: the West vs. the East; there was a major rivalry between the United States and the USSR. The leader of the Soviet Union and the leader of the Cold War communist movement, Russia, became extreme communists by taking the distorted ideals of Marxism and further corrupting these principles as they were applied to the Russian nation. In addition, the majority of Eastern Europe, including the land within the Balkans, was formed into satellites of the Soviet Union. Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany due to the War and controlled by the Soviets in the East and was independent in the West. Finally, the free capitalist nations, which included much of Western Europe, were further developed by the resistance of the communist revolutions which were threatening their progress within their nations as well as by attempting to aid other nations in driving Communist forces out of their nations. There were Korean Wars which broke out in 1950 and was partially Soviet-sponsored.
             The Soviet Union, which was comprised of mainly Russia along with other lands in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, was the leader of European communism. The Soviet government was, in a sense, the "headquarters" of communism in Europe, and possibly even the whole world. The Soviets tried to spread the ideals of communism and revolutions throughout the entirety of continent of Europe by establishing satellites in places such as Poland and Czechoslovakia. Basically, at the conclusi...