Editing Cold War (1948–1953) (section)

===Tito–Stalin Split===
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After disagreements between Yugoslavian leader [[Josip Broz Tito]] and the Soviet Union regarding Greece and the [[People's Republic of Albania]], a [[Tito–Stalin Split]] occurred, followed by Yugoslavia being expelled from the [[Cominform]] in June 1948 and a brief failed Soviet putsch in Belgrade.<ref name="wettig156">{{Harvnb|Wettig|2008|p=156}}</ref>  The split created two separate communist forces in Europe.<ref name="wettig156"/>  A vehement campaign against "Titoism" was immediately started in the Eastern Bloc, describing agents of both the West and Tito in all places engaging in subversive activity.<ref name="wettig156"/> This resulted in the persecution of many major party cadres, including those in East Germany.<ref name="wettig157">{{Harvnb|Wettig|2008|p=157}}</ref>

was split up and dissolved in 1954 and 1975, also because of the détente between the West and Tito.<ref>Christian Jennings "Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War", (2017), pp 244.</ref><ref>Karlo Ruzicic-Kessler "Togliatti, Tito and the Shadow of Moscow 1944/45-1948: Post-War Territorial Disputes and the Communist World", In: Journal of European Integration History, (2/2014).</ref>