Soviet Response To NATO

Question 1

When was NATO founded ?

Answer 1

1949

Question 2

When do the Soviets set up the Warsaw pact ?

Answer 2

1955, this is within six years of the formation of NATO

Question 3

What was the Warsaw pact ?

Answer 3

It was a military alliance of eight nations headed by the Soviet Union
It was designed to counter the threat of NATO

Question 4

How did the WARSAW pact work ?

Answer 4

All members were to support each other if they were attacked
Joint command was established under the soviet supreme commander

Question 5

What were some consequences of the Warsaw pact ?

Answer 5

• It’s role in the Czechoslovakian Crisis of 1968
• The existence of two rival alliance systems in the Cold War- NATO and - the Warsaw pact increased rivalry between the two heightening the arms race