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It was the split of Germany after WWII. The Soviet Union was trying to take over Germany to make sure they didn't have a threat again since during WWII they lost so many resources because of Germany. To ensure that wouldn't happen again, they split Germany up. The eastern bloc was the section that the Soviet Union received while the Western bloc was what the U.S. received.
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