Warsaw Pact The Soviet Union formed this alliance as a counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). (may 14, 1955 – jul 1, 1991)
Description:
End of Warsaw PactThe Czechoslovak President Václav Havel formally ended the 1955 Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR.
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Date:
may 14, 1955
jul 1, 1991
~ 36 years