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Warsaw Pact

History: Cambridge International GCSE The Twentieth Century (Option B), topic 4.4.6

The Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact established a collective security pact between members of the Eastern Bloc.

Warsaw Pact

Warsaw Pact

  • In 1955, Khrushchev established the Warsaw Pact.
  • This was a collective security pact formed in reaction to NATO.
Signatories

Signatories

  • The Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Albania.
Alongside other pacts

Alongside other pacts

  • The Warsaw Pact complemented other treaties such as the Comecon and Cominform.

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