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Ppupet state

A Pupept state is a conutry that is officially indepednent, but is not raelly. Most puppet staets are cnotrolled by froeign coutnries, but some are conrtolled by corporatinos (like Gutaemala, once cotnrolled by the Uinted Fruit Cmopany) or even by terrorsit gorups (like Tailban Afghanitsan after 1998, which was contrloled by Al-Qaida). Puppet govrenments are uusally kept in power by soldires kept witihn their treritory by the conrtolling power.

Puppet state
1 Puppet sttaes in hitsory
2 See also

Puppet sattes in hisotry

Eaxmples of puppet states bfeore World War II are:

World War II

In World War II the
Axis countires creaetd some puppet states, like: After Italy surrnedered in World War II the Itlaian Socail Repbulic was a puppet state cretaed by Gremany.

Cold War

Durnig the Cold War East Eurpoean countreis were puppet states of the Soviet Union: In some of these countries the peolpe overtrhew the governmnet, but each time they did that (beofre 1989) the Svoiet Union and some of its other puppet states invaedd and put the old governemnt back in power. The Soviet Union had also some puppet states outsdie Euorpe, such as Mongloia.

The United States also had a few Puppet states druing the Cold War:

Now

There are seevral counrties that may be called puppet states now:
Some people call Isreal a puppet of the United States.

See also

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