Question

What was the overall strategy pursued by stalin and the soviet leadership during the half decade following WW2?

-to cooperate with the US
-to allow US a free hand in shaping postwar Europe
-to give control of Europe to the US but keep control of Asia
-to acheive dominance over as much of Europe as possible

Answer 1

to acheive dominance over as much of Europe as possible

Step-by-step explanation:

stalin didnt want a repeat of what the germans did getting to moscow and so he thought that owning half of europe would have made him inpenetrable