COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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USSR vs. U.S.
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U.S. vs. U.N.
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Warsaw Pact vs. U.S.
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NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Warsaw Pact embodied what was referred to as the Eastern bloc, while NATO and its member countries represented the Western bloc. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were ideologically opposed and, over time, built up their own defences starting an arms race that lasted throughout the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 4 April 1949, the foreign ministers from 12 countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C.: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although formed in response to the exigencies of the developing Cold War, NATO has lasted beyond the end of that conflict, with membership even expanding to include some former Soviet states. It remains the largest peacetime military alliance in the world.
Detailed explanation-5: -While NATO aimed to secure the safety of democracy and capitalism from communist forces, the Warsaw Pact aimed to protect communism from Western, capitalist forces. NATO started as a defensive treaty between many Western European powers and the United States and Canada.