Nato and The Warsaw Pact

NATO (North Altantic Treaty Organization) is an organization that includes North America and Europe. The major formation of NATO was that the countries involved wanted a mutal defense alliance so that if one of them were attacked all of the other countries in NATO would come to their aide. NATO alliances were France and United Kingdom through the Brussels Treaty was found to be miniuscule when compared to communist soviet union. Very little time passed before this weakness was realized and Western Europe turned to a more inclusive North Altantic Treaty, an agreement that involved a total of 12 nations including the United Kingdom and the United States. NATO was officially established on April 4,1949.

The Warsaw Pact was formed as communist military alliance to maintain power over Eastern Europe. It was established 6 years after the NATO. The pact considered mostly over the Soviet Union satelite. it was supposed to be another mutal defense alliance like the North Altantice Treaty , and was created in response to it. The Soviet Union dominated the alliance. The Soviet Union gained both control over European nations and indicated to other nations and it was major military and political force. Although the ground forces of possessed by the Warsaw Pact were far superior to those of NATO , their technology fall behind.