In this episode of History with Dad, we follow the Red Army's march into Eastern Europe — and the tangled legacy it left behind. From the crushed dreams of the Warsaw Uprising to Romania’s hijacked revolution and Tito’s defiant break with Stalin, this is the story of “liberation” that looked a lot like occupation. We’ll explore the fall of East Prussia, the muted relief of Victory Day in the East, and how the West turned a blind eye as democracy vanished behind barbed wire and watchtowers.

This is the moment the map changed — and the Cold War’s shadow began to stretch.

Spoiler: The Iron Curtain doesn’t fall. It’s built.

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