Warsaw Treaty Organization o Friendship, Cooperation, an Mutual Assistance
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| 1955–1991 |
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Motto: [ Союз мира и социализма] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Russian)
"Union of peace and socialism" |
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| Status | Militar alliance |
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| Common leids | Russian,German,Bulgarian,Czech,Slovak,Hungarian,Romanian,Albanian,Polish |
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| Supreme Commander | |
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• 1955–60 (first) | Ivan Kornev |
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• 1989–91 (last) | Petr Lushev |
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| Head of Unified Staff | |
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• 1955–62 (first) | Aleksei Antonov |
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• 1989–90 (last) | Vladimir Lobov |
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| Historical era | Cauld War |
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• Established | 14 Mey 1955 |
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| 4 November 1956 |
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| 21 August 1968 |
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| 13 September 1989/22 December 1990 |
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| 3 October 1990 |
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• Disestablished | 1 Julie 1991 |
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¹ Command and Control HQ in Warsaw, Poland. Military HQ in Moscow, USSR.
² A 24 September 1990 treaty withdrew the German Democratic Republic from the Warsaw Treaty; at reunification, it became integral to the NATO Pact. |
TheWarsaw Treaty Organization o Friendship, Cooperation, an Mutual Assistance (1955–1991), mair commonly referred tae as theWarsaw Pact, wis amutual defense treaty atween aichtcommunist states oCentral an Eastren Europe in existence durin theCauld War. The foondin treaty wis established unner the initiative o theSoviet Union an signed on 14 Mey 1955, inWarsaw. The Warsaw Pact wis the militar complement tae theCooncil for Mutual Economic Assistance (CoMEcon), the regional economic organisation for the communist states o Central an Eastren Europe. The Warsaw Pact wis in pairt a Soviet militar reaction tae the integration oWast Germany[1] intaeNATO in 1955, per theParis Pacts o 1954.[2][3][4]
