NATO and Warsaw pact

NATO-Warsaw pact
- The NATO pact also stood for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Its a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949. The NATO headquarters are in Brusells, Belgium and the organization constitutes a system of colective defense where its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

Warsaw Pact
- The Warsaw Pact was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. The treaty was signed in Warsaw, Poland on May 14, 1955. The treaty was an initiative of the Soviet Union and was in direct response to west Germany joining the NATO in 1955.