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NATO & Warsaw Pact

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
April 1949, pledged mutual support and cooperation within the alliance against conflicts and wars. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 563.
NATO Original Countries
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 563.
Warsaw Pact
Created 1955. An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to NATO. Nations were known as the communist bloc. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 563.
Warsaw Pact Original Countries
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg 563.
Countries Resistant to Soviet Control
Albania and Yugoslavia. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 563.
Albania
Had a communist political system, successfully resisted Soviet control. Joined the Warsaw Pact but withdrew in 1968 & became more closely tied to China. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 563.
Yugoslavia
Had a communist political system, successfully resisted Soviet control. Never joined the Warsaw Pact, broke apart by ethnic divisions in 1990s. Unit 8, Chap 3, pgs. 563 & 564.
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Created 1954. Attempted to halt the spread of communism in other regions. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 564.
SEATO Original Countries
Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Phillipines, Thailand, and the United States. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 564.
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)
Created 1955. Anti-Soviet treaty organization to prevent the spread of communism in the Middle East. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 564.
CENTO Original CountriesGreat Britain, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Turkey. The US was not a full member, but it joined the military committee. Unit 8, Chap 3, pg. 564.