NATO and The Warsaw Pact

NATO stood for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This organization came together on April 4, 1949. NATO consisted of North America and the European countries. The purpose for this organization coming together is because so that the countries could back each other up when they are in need of aide. Europe had formed this organization because Europe felt very weak again the Soviet Union when the Soviet Union started to gain lots & lots of power.

6 years later, the Warsaw Pact was born. This alliance consisted of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries. This was a response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, other known as NATO. They had made this because the Soviet Union observed NATO as a threat.