Austria was occupied by the UK, the US, France & the Soviets from '45 to '55. Why did the Soviets choose to withdraw from Austria? Why not create an East Austria?

by ocashmanbrown
Brickie78

Not to discourage further input, but this question has been asked before (in fact, I submit it ought to be in the FAQs really)

It's a few years old now but there's an excellent set of answers by u/kieslowskifan on the subject.

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