- Formation of NATO 1949
- Reaction to the Berlin Blockade
- Headquarters in Brussels
- Attack by Russia was seen as an attack on the entire organization
- First military action taken in 1994 in Bosnia
The Formation of the Warsaw Pact, 1955- Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance
- In reaction to a remilitarized- West Germany joining NATO
- Dissolved in June of 1991 after the collapse of the former soviet union
- dominated by the soviets
quotes
Quote: "The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting."
-Richard Nixon
sugestive question
What if WWII never happend and the Cold war was between the communists, Fascist and Capitalists.
summary
NATO was made in response to the Berlin blockade, it was a group of countries agreeing to attack anyone that attacked any one of the countries. The USSR felt threated so they made there own pact called the WARSAW pact.