The Pros And Cons Of The Warsaw Pact

The establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), forced the communist bloc countries to create their own military alliance to defend against the armies of Western Europe. The Soviet Union created a formal structure to oversee the army of the Eastern Bloc, therefore Warsaw Pact was formed in Warsaw, and signed on May 14th 1955. Albania, Romania, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia signed the pact which was then led by the Soviet Union. The Chief Commanders of the Warsaw Pact were: Iwan Koniew (1955-1960), Andriej Greczko (1960-1967), Iwan Jakubowski (1967-1976), Wiktor Kulikow (1976-1989), and Piotr Łaszew (1989-1991). All were Soviet military commanders and marshalls.

“Even though NATO and the Warsaw Pact were created to counter each other’s dominance, the member countries never engaged each other in armed conflict, though they did engage in “proxy wars” (Warsaw Pact).

It was included as a defense alliance of socialist countries in response to the formation of the Western states, including NATO. The Soviet Union mainly dominated the Warsaw Pact and they aimed to support and spread in those countries included in the pact. The pact, however, was not beneficial for the European countries except the Soviets. It was nothing but a problem. Since it was dominated by the Soviets, the rest of the countries had no say in anything, and they were basically subordinated. The Warsaw Pact, was mainly established in response to NATO because NATO attempted to stop the Soviets from becoming too imperialistic. Therefore the Warsaw Pact’s goal was to conquer all of western Europe, give limited power to the countries taken during the war, and to be able to place Soviet Union’s troops along with their weaponry in the countr...

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...it really does not serve the preservation of peace in the highly polarized Europe, but it was an instrument for the implementation of the politics of fear. Therefore the Warsaw Pact’s goal was to conquer all of western Europe, give limited power to the countries taken during the war, and to be able to place Soviet Union’s troops along with their weaponry in the countries included in this treaty. It is true that there has been no armed clashes between the two pacts, but you need to realize the enormous costs that would hold another war. The Warsaw Pact has played an important role in shaping the history of Europe after World War II, and its troops participated in many important events, often suppressing anti-communist uprising. The establishment of the treaty impacted not only military matters, but also played a role in shaping the economies of individual countries.