NATO and The Warsaw Pact

NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which consisted of 28 countries. The countries within this organization were mainly the United States, Canada, and several Western European Countries. This organization was made after World War II and it was to provide aid for countries in need. Especially during a time right after WW2 European Countries were in dire need of aid. This organization could also work in a way as if one country needed help then others within the organization can help out.

In response to NATO, communist nations in Eastern Europe formed the Warsaw Pact. Out of all the countries in the pact the Soviet Union was by far the most powerful. As the dominant force in that allied side they kept Military bases in allied countries with a socialist form of government to keep them running. You can basically see this as a Capitalist vs. Communist kind of situation. Speaking of Capitalists and Communists this would lead into several events in the the Cold War. Since Communism was known to spread around NATO was a good way to make sure some of the Countries in Western Europe wouldn't be exposed to that kind of system of Government. In fact its actually very interesting how the Warsaw Pact was right next to countries that were in the alliance of NATO.

Although the Pact was formed 6 years after NATO it started to lose its power/recognition as countries went away like Eastern Germany formed back with Western Germany. Sooner or later the countries just split.