On 15 May 1955, the Austrian State Treaty was signed, thereby re-establishing Austria as a free, independent, and democratic sovereign state after World War II. The treaty was signed by the Allied occupying powers (the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France) and the Austrian government, and officially ended the joint foreignContinueContinue reading “1955: Zhukov Advises CPSU on Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Austria, Bolsters the Warsaw Pact”
Unpublished Declassified Soviet Archives
