The pact emerged as a response to West Germany's accession to NATO and reinforced the bipolar military structure of the Cold War. Its members included the USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany. The pact constituted the common defense framework of the Eastern Bloc and was dissolved in 1991.
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- What was Establishment of the Warsaw Pact?
- The Warsaw Pact was established on 14 May 1955 through a treaty of mutual military assistance signed, under the leadership of the Soviet Union, among the socialist countries of Eastern Europe.
- When did Establishment of the Warsaw Pact happen?
- 1955 CE