WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania (Albania withdrew in 1968).

Detailed explanation-2: -The strategy behind the formation of the Warsaw Pact was driven by the desire of the Soviet Union to prevent Central and Eastern Europe being used as a base for its enemies. Its policy was also driven by ideological and geostrategic reasons.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although the Soviets claimed that the organization was a defensive alliance, it soon became clear that the primary purpose of the pact was to reinforce communist dominance in Eastern Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cold War – period of political and military tension that occurred after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact).

Detailed explanation-5: -NATO. Under the Brussels Treaty of 1948, the U.K. France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg concluded a collective-defense agreement called the Western European Union. Warsaw Pact. Non-aligned Movement.