NATO And The Warsaw Pact By: Jesse Caldwell and Cody Parrish 

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization  28 countries from North America and Europe signed the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4th 1949.

North Atlantic Treaty Treaty designed to protect freedom of the north Atlantic community It was also designed to encourage political, economic and social cooperation between the 28 countries All of the countries are democratic

Countries involved Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Rep, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Why was NATO Created? The allies were convinced that military and economic support was needed to remain free because of the Berlin blockade Before Stalin could remove the blockade, the United States, Canada, and ten European countries formed NATO Since then, the other countries have joined

Warsaw Pact In May 1955, the U.S.S.R. made the Warsaw Treaty in response to NATO It was 'The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance‘ All of the countries were communists

Countries involved Albania, Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , East Germany , Hungary , Poland , Romania , and the Soviet Union

Why was it created? Warsaw was created in response to NATO The U.S.S.R. wanted to spread communism so they created the pact to gain power of European nations

End of Warsaw pact Ended on July 1st 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed NATO is still around today

Closure What does NATO stand for? What was NATO? What was the Warsaw Pact? Why was it created?

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