NATO and the Warsaw Pact
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- NATO and the Warsaw Pact
- Creation of NATO
- Brussels Pact, 1948
- Belgium, Britain, France, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands
- Mutual defense against an unnamed aggressor (USSR) and cooperation
- North Atlantic Treaty, 1949
- Brussels Pact countries along with USA and Canada
- mutual defense, but also an ideological promise to uphold freedom
- also, continuous mutual aid and regular meetings like a wartime alliance
- Brussels Pact, 1948
- Expansion of NATO
- Events
- 1949, it is revealed that Stalin has atomic weapons
- 1949, China became communist
- 1950, North Korea invaded the south
- Reactions
- NATO countries joined the Korean war
- an agreement to standardize weapons and communications
- 1952, permanent HQ in Paris and a permanent force of 35 divisions
- Events
- The Warsaw Pact
- May 1955 - USSR and most of the Eastern European countries
- made in response to the entrance of West Germany into NATO
- USSR already had control of defense in the satellite sates, though the pact made it easier
- Very little change except a heightening of tensions
- Creation of NATO
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