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ALLIANCES
Nato
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1955
Greece, Turkey and West Germany joined
12 member states
USA had a permanent and direct role in Europe
US decided it needed a military prescence in Europe
Formed after confrontation between superpowers in Germany
Nato was to protect the US influence in Western Europe from Soviet agression
USA could backup NATO with the air power and nuclear weapons system
Germany divided in two
´Westernized´ West Germany
´Sovietized´ East Germany
Warsaw pact
Formed after NATO
The Berlin blockade
Had impact on
USSR
USSR's satellite states
Did not work
Germany would not unite
therefore
Both sides created their own state
They both blamed each other
USSR to USA
For creating a separate economy in West Germany
USA to USSR
For the breakdown by not allowing free elections in the East
The USSR
Attempted to persuade the West to disband their military alliance
Superpower
Largest force
Nuclear Weapons
Soviet Tanks
Aircraft
When West Germany was admitted to NATO
The Soviet fear became real
In 14 May 1995
The Warsaw Pact was created
All the communist countries in Europe and China signed it
Military alliance
Neither the USSR not the US went on war ever