may 14, 1955 - Creation of the Warsaw Pact

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The Warsaw Pact was a response to the creation of NATO. The pact was a military alliance established between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. The members of the pact pledged to defend each other if one or more of them were attacked, where they emphasized non-interference in the internal affairs of its members, and supposedly organized itself around collective decision-making, where the Soviet Union ultimately controlled most of the Pact’s decisions. The overall, purpose was to ensure security for all the members of the pact.