The North Atlantic Treaty Organizaition, NATO, was an organization that consisted of several countries in North America and Europe. It was formed by Europe and North America so that they would have a defense alliance. The reason why they wanted this defense alliance was so that if their opponents attacked any of the countries in their alliance all other countries would come and help them. This organization was especially helpful those countries in Western Europe, not only because they were closer to the USSR territory, but also because they were in bad condition after World War I.
The Warsaw Pact was consisdered a response to NATO. The Warsaw Pact was formed by the USSR and the Communist Easter European countries. Like NATO, it was a mutual defense alliance made to maintain power in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union ran the Warsaw Pact and they gained control of the nations beside them. They also made sure that other nations knew that they were a major political and military force. Unfortunately for them, the Warsaw Pact was labeled nonexistent in 1991 due to many democratic revolutions that occured over time.
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