Simple History. The Warsaw pact (1955-1991) Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025. The threat of West Germany’s entry into NATO in 1955 caused the USSR to retaliate by forming the ...

To truly understand the geopolitics of this current conflict is to understand the long and brutal history of the Soviet Union, the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. IE 11 is not supported.

The Warsaw Pact was signed six years later in response to West Germany joining NATO. Natasha Fernandes uses archive of East Germany’s leader Otto Grotewohl to tell the story.

Poland's new defence minister has announced he is declassifying the country's Warsaw Pact files. Radoslaw Sikorski said the files, which had remained secret until now, will be open to historians at ...