The Warsaw pact

• Warsaw Pact


  Military alliance created by the Soviet Union in 1955 to counter NATO
• Creation of the Warsaw Pact

  1. Stalin had died, Khrushchev emerged as new leader

  2. Khrushchev wanted to improve living standards in Soviet Union

  3. Khrushchev saw need to maintain security of Communist Eastern Europe

  4. West Germany became member of NATO, rearmed

  5. Soviet Union responded by creating the Warsaw Pact
• The Warsaw Pact included all the Communist countries of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia, but was dominated by the Soviet Union
• The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance similar to NATO, where members would defend each other if one was attacked