NATO & Warsaw Pact

The Berlin Blockade was the convincing factor that encouraged the setting up of NATO

It was a good attack strategy for the West against aggressors

It was a good defence strategy for the East against aggressors

It was a good defence strategy for the West

NATO stands for North American Treaty Organisation

NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

In this way, USA could use West European countries for air bases for planes with nuclear weapons

USSR suggested it should join NATO to keep peace in Europe, but the NATO members rejected them, as they thought they would weaken their alliance

The Warsaw Pact was signed by USA and West countries

The Warsaw Pact was signed by the USSR and satellite states

When West Germany joined NATO in 1955, this prompted USSR to set up the Warsaw Pact (as they didn't like the idea of a recovering Germany)

The Warsaw Pact was the Eastern European version of NATO

It allowed communist governments in these countries to unite their economies

It allowed Soviet troops to occupy the other countries that signed the Warsaw Pact

It was another way for Stalin to control other communist countries

Yugoslavia signed the Warsaw Pact

President Tito was visited by the USSR in a way to strengthen relations between them