The organization was the Soviet's equivalent of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. So basically, it was to counteract NATO.
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The Warsaw Pact was the military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion.
They formed the Warsaw Pact in 1955
Warsaw pact (Dogovor Warshava)
On the 14th May 1955
The Warsaw Pact was designed to stop the threat of invasion from Western Europe. This would have been an unlikely event.
It formed the Warsaw pact in 1955
Formed the Warsaw Pact
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.
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw pact to counter NATO
warsaw pact
The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact in response.