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: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Warsaw Pact, so named because the treaty was signed in Warsaw, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria as members.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Cold War Soviet forces crushed the nationwide revolt, leading to the death of an estimated 2, 500 Hungarian citizens. The multi-national Communist armed forces’ sole joint action was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, another Warsaw Pact member state, in August 1968.

Detailed explanation-5: -Warsaw Pact was a treaty that established a mutual-defense organization. It was composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Later Albania withdrew from the pact in 1968 and East Germany withdrew in 1990.