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The Cold War

The Cold War. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) & the Warsaw Pact. Matt Brown & Trevor Willett. NATO. Signed on April 4, 1949.

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The Cold War

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  1. The Cold War NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) & the Warsaw Pact Matt Brown & Trevor Willett

  2. NATO • Signed on April 4, 1949. • NATO consisted of The United States, United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Luxembourg, and Iceland.

  3. NATO • After communism, NATO turned from a military force to a political force. • Made a policy stating an attack made against one NATO member, was an attack on NATO itself and all of it’s members.

  4. Warsaw Pact • A treaty formed on May 14, 1955 between Eastern Europe Socialist States. • Maintained power over eastern Europe as a communist military alliance until named “nonexistent” in 1991. • This was after most countries in the Warsaw Pact withdrew successfully in the 1980’s.

  5. Warsaw Pact • Created to counteract NATO when West Germany joined NATO in 1955. • Contained 8 countries: Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

  6. Warsaw Pact • In 1956, Hungary tried to leave the treaty, and the Soviet Union sent forces to invade Hungary. • In 1968, the Czechoslovakian government began to show imperialistic tendencies and the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia.

  7. NATO vs. Warsaw Pact

  8. Discussion Questions • When and why was NATO formed? • What was NATO’s main policy? • When was the Warsaw Pact signed? • What happened to a country that would try to leave the Warsaw Pact?

  9. Works Cited • http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rt/nato/ • http://future.state.gov/what/special/76741.htm • http://www.armscontrol.org/subject/57/date • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/418982/North-Atlantic-Treaty Organization-NATO/218591/NATO-during-the-Cold-War • http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0005031.html • http://shsu.edu/~his_ncp/warpact.html • http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Warsaw_Pact • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Warsaw_Pact • http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/TheWarsawPact.asp

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