Monday, October 6, 2008

The Beginning of the Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact was a treaty signed by a number of communist governments to provide unity among themselves in times of was as well as providing economic viability with multiple trading partners within the group. The pact was a direct opposition to the western world's NATO, and is one of the primary agents which fueled the cold war. Below I posted a link to a BBC article which gives a brief explanation as to what some of the motives for creating the pact were and a brief history of its formation.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/14/newsid_3771000/3771065.stm


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