WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What event prompted the Soviet Union to form the Warsaw Pact?
A
the formation of NATO
B
the Cuban Missile Crisis
C
the Korean War
D
the launch of Sputnik
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The immediate occasion for the Warsaw Pact was the Paris agreement among the Western powers admitting West Germany to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 and represented a Soviet counterweight to NATO, composed of the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -NATO was formed to combat the spread of communism, and the warsaw pact was formed to be an answer to the the nato alliance, and to keep the eastern block countires in line since most had soviet troops in their countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955, primarily as a response to the decision by the United States and its western European allies to include a rearmed West Germany in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Detailed explanation-5: -In reaction to West Germany’s NATO accession, the Soviet Union and its Eastern European client states formed the Warsaw Pact in 1955.

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