Warsaw Pact

Warsaw Pact
a) A pact (long-term alliance treaty) signed on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its Communist military allies in Europe

The Warsaw Pact formalized Moscows dominance in Europes east

b) The Warsaw Treaty Organization which was established by the above treaty, a strategic alliance comparable and opposed to NATO

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