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 Warsaw Pact established in 1955, was a political and military alliance between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries like Albania, Poland, East Germany, Romania etc. This led it to be also called the Eastern Alliance and its main function was to counter the NATO forces in Europe.

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: -The Warsaw Pact formally was called the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance. It was established on May 14, 1955.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1948, after the beginning of the Cold War, Europe became split into two opposing camps: the US-backed NATO members and the Warsaw Pact countries supported by the USSR. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact were two ideologically opposed military and security entities of the Cold War.