The Warsaw Pact

Background?

• When West Germany joined NATO in 1955 this concerned the Soviets about the re-emergance of Germany.
• Response to NATO

Events?

• Warsaw Pact= military alliance for mutual defence, including USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary....
• Insistence that they believed in the idea of collective security to prevent war.
• Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
• All forces of countries involved…