The Warsaw Pact, officially the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was an organization of Central and Eastern European states. The communist states were to be allies and to fight together if one of them was attacked. In theory, all of the countries in the organisation were equals, the smaller countries were controlled by the Soviet Union.[1] The countries in the Warsaw Pact were East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. However, Albania withdrew in 1968 after the invasion of Czechoslovakia, and Romania followed.
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.svg) The WTO in 1990 | |
| Abbreviation | WTO, WAPA, DDSV |
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| Motto | Union of peace and socialism |
| Founded | 14 May 1955 |
| Founded at | Warsaw, Poland |
| Dissolved | 1 July 1991 |
| Type | Military alliance |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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| Affiliations | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
- Distinguish from the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement about financial liability in air travel, and the Treaty of Warsaw (1970) between West Germany and the People's Republic of Poland.
It was established in 1955 in Warsaw, Poland, in response to West Germany joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The treaty was signed in Warsaw, on 14 May 1955 and official copies were made in the languages of Russian, Polish, Czech and German. The Pact lasted until the end of the Cold War, when some members quit in 1991, following the collapse of the Eastern bloc and political changes in the Soviet Union.[2]
All of the Warsaw Pact countries and three that were part of the the Soviet Union have joined NATO.
Members
changeMost member states were considered puppet states of the Soviet Union. Additionally, Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam and (until 1961) China were observer states.
| Country | Status |
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 Albania (until 1968)
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Satellite state (until 1961) Independent (1961-1968) |
 Bulgaria
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Satellite state |
 Czechoslovakia
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Satellite state |
 East Germany
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Satellite state |
 Hungary
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Satellite state |
 Poland
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Satellite state |
 Romania
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Satellite state (Until 1965) Independent (After 1965) |
 Soviet Union
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Main contributor |
References
change- ↑ "Warsaw Pact and NATO: Warsaw pact communiqué December 1971". Survival. 14 (2): 78–79. March 1972. doi:10.1080/00396337208441319. ISSN 0039-6338.
- ↑ Sardemann, Gerhard (2010-08-01). "Die Welt aus den Angeln heben". TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis. 19 (2): 8–17. doi:10.14512/tatup.19.2.8. ISSN 2199-9201.
Notes
- ↑ Withheld support in 1961 due to the Soviet–Albanian split, but formally withdrew in 1968.