NATO and the Warsaw Pact
I can explain why NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed.
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
I can explain why NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The USSR and Germany were considered threats to Western Europe after WW2.
- NATO was founded in 1949 as a military alliance of Western countries.
- West Germany was allowed to join NATO in 1955.
- The USSR opposed West German entry into NATO.
- The Warsaw Pact was an alliance of Eastern European countries founded in 1955.
Keywords
Alliance - an agreement between countries or political parties to work together to achieve something
Controversial - something that causes a lot of disagreement or argument
Rearmament - the process of supplying yourself or others with new weapons, especially in order to become a strong military power again
Common misconception
NATO was established in response to the USSR setting up the Warsaw Pact.
The Warsaw Pact was a response to NATO's formation in April 1949 (which itself followed the Berlin Crisis and Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia).
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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