The natowarsaw pact competition in the 1970s and 1980s. In april 1949 the north atlantic treaty was signed in washington, creating nato north atlantic treaty organisation. Nato is the north atlantic treaty organization first created after wwii to contain the spread of communism to western europe. If better concerns military performance, then nato wasnt really a match for the warsaw pact in 1960s though it improved over the decade. The united states had never considered a longterm commitment to europe. Parallel history project on nato and the warsaw pact php oral history interviews with polish generals from right. Pactnato force ratio 14 days after pact mobilization. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. And a big thanks to dylans world who gave me this idea. The eastern bloc nations were mostly coerced by the soviet union into the treaty so that the soviet union could maintain control of. The warsaw treaty organization wto, officially the treaty of friendship, cooperation and. A comparison of nato s pershing ii and ground launched cruise missiles glcm to the warsaw pact s ss4, ss5 and ss20 missiles.
Russias way of fighting back further effects significance to canada the warsaw pact after ww2 germany was split into. Chapter 4 the sovietwarsaw pact ground forces threat to europe. The eastern bloc nations were mostly coerced by the soviet union into the treaty so that the soviet union could maintain control of all armed forces within its dominion. Five files are included in the emergence of nato and the warsaw pact pack. Comparison of measures of effectivenessindex score ratios 18 5. The warsaw pact threat to nato nssm84 introduction this is the final report of working group 5 of the interagency steering committee for national security study memorandum 84. All maps by alphathon and based upon blank map of europe. Instead, the conflict was fought on an ideological basis. Beatrice heuser, warsaw pact military doctrines in the 1970s and 1980s. When the cruel tyrant has gone, soviet warmongers has been finally able to start war with rotten west.
May 11, 2017 causes of the cold war nato and the warsaw pact 1. The php has also acquired hundreds of pages of documents on military exercises of the warsaw pact though not yet of nato since the 1960s, mainly from the. Warsaw pact records, warsaw pact war plans, warsaw pact generals, intelligence, national perspectives, crises, nato records. They retain high visibility today as gorbachevs artful diplomacy includes farranging. Also included is information on the sources and methodology of this comparison. If communists were to attack one of the nato nations, the other nations were also affected and had to help. Mad o mutually assured destruction regional conflicts. Nato planned warheadsonlaunchers warsaw pact warheadsonlaunchers beginning of soviet deployments of ss20s armed with 3 warheads warsaw pact launchers year 73 75 79 includes operational ss, ss5, and ss20. Both nato and the warsaw pact led to the expansion of military forces and their. Force comparison of nato and the warsaw pact, including conventional forces, regional considerations, nuclear deterrence, defence expenditures and military production and technology. A collection of sensitive soviet and warsaw pact military journals from 1961 to 1984 providing. Nato vs warsaw pact is a strategic game about potential cold war conflict just after the stalins death. The warsaw pact was declared at an end on 25 february 1991 and the czechoslovak president, vaclav havel, formally declared an end to it on 1 july 1991.
Elsewhere, in the former member states, the warsaw treaty is known as. The warsaw pact was exactly the opposite when created by the soviet union and the western european countries to support communism and even try to spread it. It consisted of the us, canada and most western european nations. For material that was not produced by natos own information service the information division, the office of information and press, etc or that contains ed material from third parties, requests must be addressed directly to the originator. Was nato a better alliance than the warsaw pact back in. The bear marches west contains 12 gaming scenarios set during a fictional warsaw pact invasion of west germany in the 1980s. Total strategic missiles and bombers between 1971 and 1983, the soviet union surpassed nato in several critical measures traditionally used to evaluate the strategic balance. In response to this alliance, the soviet union and other communists nations in eastern europe formed an alliance, the warsaw pact. It depicted the soviet blocs vision of a sevenday nuclear war between nato and warsaw pact forces. Throughout the cold war, the two sides were part of military alliances known as nato west and the warsaw pact east.
At the end of ww2 the relationships of the once allied nations quickly. Among the documents published was the warsaw treatys nuclear war plan, seven days to. An inside history of the warsaw pact, 19551991 vojtech mastny and malcolm byrne eds. All content taken from nato and republished must be clearly credited or sourced to nato. These alliances created the political division in europe, where the nations in europe were a part of either the nato alliance or the warsaw pact. While the warsaw pact was established as a balance of power or counterweight to nato, there was no direct confrontation between them. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Parallel history project on nato and the warsaw pact php a cardboard castle. But soviet conduct in eastern europe and the blockade of berlin appeared convincing evidence that western europe was a primary target of stalins aggression. Powerpoint presentation corresponding notes in microsoft word and pdf corresponding cloze worksheets in microsoft word and pdfobjective.
After world war two ended, it was clear that the usa and ussr were now huge rivals. The main difference between the warsaw pact and nato. Cia analysis of the warsaw pact forces cia foia foia. It examines the cause and impact of the warsaw pact and nato.
Border of nato and warsaw pact in contrast to each other from 1949 formation of nato to 1990 withdrawal of east germany. Done in warsaw, on may 1, 1955, in one copy each in the russian, polish, czech, and german languages, all the texts being equally authentic. The warsaw pact was the military complement to the. Constraining ground force exercises of nato and the. Nato and the warsaw pact history of western civilization ii. Blue streak intelligence on warsaw pact exercises, plans, organization and concepts. The warsaw pact embodied what was referred to as the eastern bloc, while nato and its member countries represented the western bloc.
Johnson served in the us military, but most of this information is from easily available open sources. The soviet union felt threatened by this, and thus created the warsaw pact. Soon called the warsaw pact, the soviet union and its allies agreed to clear goals of peace and cooperation, which suggested a major difference from the aggressive actions of nato. This nie is the first comprehensive estimate of warsaw pact forces opposite nato since 1971.
Parts i and ii, devoted primarily to warsaw pact capabilities and composition, constitute a revision of the first phase report sr js 702 on the warsaw pact threat. It is the first to attempt an analysis of pact campaign plans for the european theaters of military operations and the first to integrate naval forces into these campaigns. With the nuclear power in the hands of both sides there is. This treaty was distributed by soviet embassies throughout the world in support of soviet propaganda, which portrayed the united states and its allies as the. This is a nato vs warsaw pact game with three scenarios 1967, 1973, and the 1980s with variant rules. Case 234 nato vs the warsaw pact the warsaw pact is the name commonly given to the treaty between albania, bulgaria, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland, romania, and the soviet union, which was signed in poland in 1955 and was officially called the treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. In the western bloc, the warsaw treaty organization of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance is often called the warsaw pact military alliance. Britain, france, the united states, canada, and eight other western european countries established the north atlantic treaty. In 1988, nato s plan for the defense of western europe was the doctrine of forward defense, in which soviet and warsaw pact forces were stopped as far close to the inner german border as possible. This map is part of a series of historical political maps of europe. The main difference between the warsaw pact and nato however was that nato was an alliance of sovereign nations who cooperated willingly. With embedded notes and scaffolded questions it is designed to support getting the content done in a timely and effective manner.
You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. All the scenarios are based on battles depicted in wellknown novels, and are designed to be used with whatever rules the players wish. Chapter 4 the sovietwarsaw pact ground forces threat to. Was nato a better alliance than the warsaw pact back in the. Warsaw pact signed on may 4th, 1955 in warsaw, poland and in 1991 the warsaw pact was declared disbanded created by the soviets 6 years after nato when west germany was admitted and it started rearming political consultative committee and unified command pact armed forces were responsible for actions committed through warsaw. It is the first to attempt an analysis of pact campaign plans for the european theaters of military operations and.
Zurich may 2005 this publication is part of a publications series by the parallel history project on nato and the warsaw pact php. The 1964 warsaw pact plan for a nuclear war in europe and. Soviet and warsaw pact military journals cia foia foia. The main difference between the warsaw pact and nato however. Mar 14, 2011 case 234 nato vs the warsaw pact the warsaw pact is the name commonly given to the treaty between albania, bulgaria, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland, romania, and the soviet union, which was signed in poland in 1955 and was officially called the treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. Nato and the warsaw pact were ideologically opposed and, over time, built up their own defences starting an arms race that lasted throughout the cold war. Certified copies of the present treaty shall be transmitted by the government of the polish peoples republic to all the parties to this treaty. The warsaw pact was essentially just a response to the creation of nato, it would not exist if western germany would not have joined the organization.
Polish documents related to soyuz 75 and shchit 88, cwihp edossier no. This worksheet works well for the cold war unit of the new gcses. Belgium liechtenstein san marino black sea mediterranean sea north sea atlantic ocean b a l t i c s e a crete corsica fr. To examine the circumstances surrounding the formation of the united nations and glob. Both nato and the warsaw pact led to the expansion of military forces and their integration into the respective blocs. Force comparison 1987 nato and the warsaw pact nato. A comparison of natos pershing ii and ground launched cruise missiles glcm to the warsaw pacts ss4, ss5 and ss20 missiles. Nominally the warsaw pact was a response to a similar treaty made by the western allies in 1949 the north atlantic treaty organisation, or nato as well as the remilitarization of west germany in 1954, both of which posed a potential threat to the eastern countries.
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