Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact or Warsaw Treaty Organization, officially named the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance , was a military alliance of socialist states in Central and Eastern Europe. It was established on 14 May, 1955 in Warsaw, Poland. While Soviet Union claimed to counter the potential threat from the NATO alliance and as retaliation due to the integration of a "re-militarized" West Germany into NATO on 9 May, 1955 via ratification of the Paris Peace Treaties, the organisation de facto served as a tool for keeping control over countries taken over after Second World War by the Soviets and to intervene military against any attempts the other states took to free themselves of the political hegemony of their own Communist Parties. The Pact lasted throughout the Cold War until certain member nations began withdrawing in 1989, following the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and political changes in the Soviet Union. The treaty was signed in Warsaw on May 14, 1955 and official copies were made in Russian, Polish, Czech and German. This treaty was modeled on the NATO treaty. There was a political Consultative Committee. Followed by a civilian secretary general. Down the chain of command there was a military commander in chief and a combined staff. The similarities between the two international organizations ended there.
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