• The Warsaw Pact formed in May 1955 in response to the re-arming of West Germany and built on earlier tri-party pact between the USSR, Poland and East Germany. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)
  • Afterwards, the Soviet Union signed the Warsaw Pact, a collective defense treaty in 1955, with seven other Eastern bloc nations. (jchistorytuition.com.sg)
  • An excerpt from " The Warsaw Pact Reconsidered: International Relations in Eastern Europe, 1955-1969 " by Laurien Crump. (jchistorytuition.com.sg)
  • USSR creates its own defence pact in 1955 with its member nations in Eastern Europe. (timetoast.com)
  • The Warsaw Pact's largest military engagement was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, its own member state, in August 1968 (with the participation of all pact nations except Albania and Romania), which, in part, resulted in Albania withdrawing from the pact less than one month later. (wikipedia.org)
  • What has happened to Fidel Castro's speech of August 23 in which he supported the invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact countries? (marxists.org)
  • The silence over what Castro said- one might justifiably call it a conspiracy of silence- is all the stranger in view of the fact that the Cuban leader remains the only one of all those who backed the action of the Warsaw Pact governments whose position can be characterized as internally consistent, if you accept the basic premise advanced by the Kremlin to justify sending troops into Czechoslovakia. (marxists.org)
  • On the basis of his premise, that "Czechoslovakia was moving toward a counterrevolutionary situation, toward capitalism and into the arms of imperialism" (which, of course, coincides with the justification advanced by the Kremlin for intervening with troops), Fidel Castro considers one of the main bits of propaganda used by the Warsaw Pact allies at the time to explain what they had done. (marxists.org)
  • Constitutional officials were out laying wreaths yesterday in commemoration of the people who died during and after the 1968 invasion to Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops, led by the Soviet army. (thedaily.sk)
  • On the night of the 20th August in 1968, the Warsaw Pact tanks rolled in to occupy the territory of Czechoslovakia, ensuring that the country remained under the thumb of communism. (thedaily.sk)
  • The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania (Albania withdrew in 1968). (hollows.info)
  • The new pact added Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania to the already mentioned three and ostensibly sought to provide mutual military assurance versus NATO but mostly served to consolidate the USSR control over the other territories. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)
  • More than 200,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia overnight from August 20 to 21, 1968, to halt a blossoming political and cultural liberalization, bringing an abrupt end to the Prague Spring and tightening the Kremlin's grip. (mercopress.com)
  • The objective of this article was to analyze the Prague Spring (1968), the period after the invasion into Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact Troops (1968), the period of cruel normalization (1968-1989), and the influence of Soviet domination in the Czechoslovak Republic on people with higher education. (bvsalud.org)
  • The invasion of the Warsaw Pact Troops into Czechoslovakia and the period of normalization had a highly negative impact on the life and work of the Czechoslovak people. (bvsalud.org)
  • Primary reasons for the emigration of scientists from Czechoslovakia was the suppression of the nascent democracy (the Prague Spring in 1968 by the invasion of Warsaw Pact Troops and the continuation of Soviet rule). (bvsalud.org)
  • On 25 February 1991, at a meeting in Hungary, the pact was declared at an end by the defense and foreign ministers of the six remaining member states. (wikipedia.org)
  • When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 it became apparent that the Warsaw Pact would no longer be necessary and was consequently declared 'at an end' in February of that year. (rt.com)
  • The Warsaw Pact - a collection of nations under the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War - ended in 1991. (moderntokyotimes.com)
  • The Warsaw Pact ended in 1991. (moderntokyotimes.com)
  • Both NATO and the Warsaw Pact led to the expansion of military forces and their integration into the respective blocs. (wikipedia.org)
  • GAO assessed the proposed treaty between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact, aimed at reducing conventional forces and equipment in Europe, focusing on potential costs and savings resulting from treaty implementation. (justia.com)
  • This Note examines the organization and apparent missions of the Soviet-Warsaw Pact forces operating under the high command of the western theater of military operations (TVD), the largest and most important peacetime concentration of military power in the history of Europe. (rand.org)
  • Part One analyzes the strategic role that Soviet-Warsaw Pact forces in the western TVD might play during the initial period of a conventional war in Europe. (rand.org)
  • Written by leading military equipment expert and much published author, Michael Green, NATO and Warsaw Pact Tanks of the Cold War covers all Cold War Soviet/Warsaw Pact, U.S., British, French and German main battle tanks. (snagbooks.com)
  • Only the troops of Romania and Albania which are members of the Warsaw Pact states did not take part in the invasion. (ceskamincovna.sk)
  • Up to now, non-USSR Warsaw Pact players had to content themselves them with either Volksarmee, suffering from being the first "red" book and thus not having all the cool toys that appeared later, or the Czechslovakia or Polish booklets. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)
  • The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War. (wikipedia.org)
  • The pact began to unravel with the spread of the Revolutions of 1989 through the Eastern Bloc, beginning with the Solidarity movement in Poland, its electoral success in June 1989 and the Pan-European Picnic in August 1989. (wikipedia.org)
  • Before the creation of the Warsaw Pact, the Czechoslovak leadership, fearful of a rearmed Germany, sought to create a security pact with East Germany and Poland. (wikipedia.org)
  • The term "Warsaw Pact" commonly refers to both the treaty itself and its resultant defensive alliance, the Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO). (wikipedia.org)
  • Dominated by the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact was established as a balance of power or counterweight to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Western Bloc. (wikipedia.org)
  • The tensions leading to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Warsaw Pact, said Comdt. (samilitaryhistory.org)
  • Scenarios depicting the movements and activities of four representative Soviet divisions illustrate the force and command structure and concepts of operations that would likely guide the employment of Warsaw Pact forces in the opening five days of a conventional war in the critical NATO central region. (rand.org)
  • Kristóf Nagy This short article offers a brief, inexhaustive overview of the most common training hand grenades used by Warsaw Pact forces primarily during the Cold War period-although some remain in use today. (armamentresearch.com)
  • The Warsaw Pact saw a great deal of standardisation amongst the armed forces of its members including equipment and doctrine, all mostly following the Soviet model and using Soviet designs. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)
  • The optional barrel launched AT-8 Songster allows Warsaw Pact forces to outrange their NATO counterparts with a healthy 48″ range and an AT21 punch. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)
  • In response the Soviets assembled and dominated the Warsaw Pact in 1954. (snagbooks.com)
  • The Warsaw Pact was the military and economic complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon), the regional economic organization for the Eastern Bloc states of Central and Eastern Europe. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although the Soviets claimed that the organization was a defensive alliance, it soon became clear that the primary purpose of the pact was to reinforce communist dominance in Eastern Europe. (hollows.info)
  • East Germany withdrew from the pact following German reunification in 1990. (wikipedia.org)
  • Almost exactly one year later, on 17 March, 1948, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg established through the Brussels Pact what has become known as the Western European Union (WEU), aimed at collective military aid, and economic and social co-operation. (samilitaryhistory.org)
  • It does have a minimum range of 16″ but that's okay because the Soviets have given the Pact the gift of Depleted Uranium fin rounds so the main gun boasts AT22. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)
  • WWIII:West Germans hit back in Spring 2021 and then the second and third waves of Covid pretty much ensured that WWIII:Warsaw Pact had to wait till now to arrive. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)
  • The research is based largely on the author's extensive experience as an officer in the Soviet and Polish armies from 1941 to 1967 and on more recent military literature from the Soviet Union, other Warsaw Pact countries, and the West. (rand.org)
  • It was long assumed that the Soviet Union dictated Warsaw Pact policy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America (known as the 'Third World' during the Cold War). (bloomsbury.com)
  • How does the Warsaw Pact relate to the Cold War? (hollows.info)
  • The existence of two rival alliances in the Cold War - in the West NATO and in the East the Warsaw Pact. (hollows.info)
  • With the collapse of the Cold War at the end of the 1980's the Warsaw Pact became both unnecessary and unwanted. (hollows.info)
  • Effect The Warsaw Pact had on the Cold War. (hollows.info)
  • Tragically, however, the aid packages came with hefty price tags and, in a bid to be welcomed into the now more prosperous Western fold, the former Warsaw Pact countries were lured into the membership of the US-led military bloc. (rt.com)
  • While utilizing the fact that Castro approved the action of the Warsaw Pact countries, the top CPUSA leaders have refrained from disseminating or discussing Castro's speech as a whole. (marxists.org)
  • The Warsaw Pact provided for a unified military command and the systematic ability to strengthen the Soviet hold over the other participating countries. (hollows.info)
  • How many countries were in the Warsaw Pact? (hollows.info)
  • Together with Yugoslavia, which broke with the Soviet Union before the Warsaw Pact was created, these three countries completely rejected the Soviet doctrine formulated for the Pact. (hollows.info)
  • Which countries signed the Warsaw Pact? (hollows.info)
  • The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance between Communist countries in East Europe to counter the threat of Capitalism in Europe. (hollows.info)
  • Such a comprehensive and nuanced treatment is virtually impossible for the individual scholar thanks to the linguistic and practical difficulties in satisfactorily covering all of the so-called 'junior members' of the Warsaw Pact. (bloomsbury.com)
  • A collection of sensitive Soviet and Warsaw Pact military journals from 1961 to 1984 providing a view into Warsaw Pact military strategy. (cia.gov)
  • Additional documents to the collection, dating from 1961 to 1986, published in sensitive Soviet and Warsaw Pact military journals that reflect the evolution of military strategy in the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact, were added here on Jan. 22, 2010. (cia.gov)
  • The Warsaw Pact was put in place as a consequence of the rearming of West Germany inside NATO. (wikipedia.org)
  • In response, the Warsaw Pact was signed, aimed at giving equal protection to Soviet Russia and its allies against Western imperialism. (rt.com)
  • BMP MOTOR RIFLE BATTALION This is the perfect Starter Box for either starting a Soviet or Warsaw Pact force for Team Yankee Contains: 9x BMP-1 or BMP-2 Armoured Fighting Vehicles 9x Assault Rile Teams 6x RPG-7 Anti-Tank Team. (paragongamestore.com)
  • While the world of punk records continues to get flooded with piles of debatably necessary reissues, it's important to keep your eyes peeled for material from labels like Warsaw Pact. (maximumrocknroll.com)
  • After World War II, it formed the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance of European communist states meant to counter NATO. (hollows.info)
  • Most former member states of the Warsaw Pact have now joined NATO - the one state that has not is the former Soviet Union. (hollows.info)
  • Why did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw Pact? (hollows.info)
  • In this period, nobody could foresee endless NATO expansion after the demise of the Warsaw Pact. (moderntokyotimes.com)
  • On the heels of our first development of miniaturized nuclear weapons, we came to the conclusion that we could not outspend the Russians … and build the kind of combat power in Europe that they had right across the border in the Warsaw Pact," he said. (globalsecurity.org)
  • In the Team Yankee universe the imminent war has seen a more generous Soviet Union offer of the "good stuff" and a more eager Warsaw Pact to adopt it. (breakthroughassault.co.uk)