The Soviets feared that moves toward independence or self-government would weaken their hold on the other satellite countries in eastern Europe. By acting decisively against Hungary, they sought to intimidate the other countries within the Soviet bloc. The strength of the USSR depended on controlling the populace and the economies of the Warsaw Pact countries.
Nova net- Soviet leaders considered the withdrawal a threat and sent tanks into Budapest to put down the revoultion.
Nova Net Answer: They were afraid of losing control of eastern Europe.
Soviet leaders considered the withdrawl a threat and sent tanks into Budapest to put down the revolution. --toRk:)
In response to NATO, the Soviets created the Warsaw pact, a military alliance between European communist states like Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Czechoslovakia.
The soviets used the Warsaw Pact to improve appearance's so that it would appear decisions were being made by more then one country, that there was cohesiveness among Eastern European countries that the Soviets had legitimate reasons for their presence in those countries.
That Alliance was called the Warsaw Pact. It was dissolved in 1989.
The Warsaw Pact was designed to stop the threat of invasion from Western Europe. This would have been an unlikely event.
In response to NATO, The Soviet Union eventually went on to form what was known as the Warsaw Pact. This was an agreement within Soviet Countries that if someone were to attack one of them within the Pact, it would be considered an attack on ALL of them.
They were afraid of losing control of eastern Europe.
They were afraid of losing control of eastern Europe.
The Soviets feared that moves toward independence or self-government would weaken their hold on the other satellite countries in eastern Europe. By acting decisively against Hungary, they sought to intimidate the other countries within the Soviet bloc. The strength of the USSR depended on controlling the populace and the economies of the Warsaw Pact countries.
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The Warsaw Pact
In response to NATO, the Soviets created the Warsaw pact, a military alliance between European communist states like Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Czechoslovakia.
The Soviets feared that moves toward independence or self-government would weaken their hold on the other satellite countries in eastern Europe. By acting decisively against Hungary, they sought to intimidate the other countries within the Soviet bloc. The strength of the USSR depended on controlling the populace and the economies of the Warsaw Pact countries.
The Warsaw Pact.
The US was part of NATO, the Soviets were WARSAW PACT.
The soviets used the Warsaw Pact to improve appearance's so that it would appear decisions were being made by more then one country, that there was cohesiveness among Eastern European countries that the Soviets had legitimate reasons for their presence in those countries.
That Alliance was called the Warsaw Pact. It was dissolved in 1989.
The Warsaw Pact was designed to stop the threat of invasion from Western Europe. This would have been an unlikely event.