Yugoslavia and albania: Cracks in the iron curtain
"Despite being one of the founders of Cominform, he was also the first (and the only successful) Cominform member to defy Soviet hegemony." (wikipedia)
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Summary
Although Yugoslavia and Albania were both communist and had strong links to the USSR, they didn´t align with the USSR. The USSR saw them as thorns and the