Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Treaty Organization o Friendship, Cooperation, an Mutual Assistance (1955–1991), mair commonly referred tae as the Warsaw Pact, wis a mutual defense treaty atween aicht communist states o Central an Eastren Europe in existence durin the Cauld War. The foondin treaty wis established unner the initiative o the Soviet Union an signed on 14 Mey 1955, in Warsaw. The Warsaw Pact wis the militar complement tae the Cooncil for Mutual Economic Assistance (CoMEcon), the regional economic organisation for the communist states o Central an Eastren Europe. The Warsaw Pact wis in pairt a Soviet militar reaction tae the integration o Wast Germany intae NATO in 1955, per the Paris Pacts o 1954.

Warsaw Treaty Organization o Friendship, Cooperation, an Mutual Assistance
1955–1991
Emblem
Motto: [Союз мира и социализма]   (Russian) "Union of peace and socialism"
Member states of the Warsaw Pact: Bulgarie Czechoslovakie East Germany² Hungary Poland Romanie Soviet Union Albanie
Status	Militar alliance
Common leids	Russian, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Albanian, Polish
Supreme Commander
• 1955–60 (first)	Ivan Kornev
• 1989–91 (last)	Petr Lushev
Head of Unified Staff
• 1955–62 (first)	Aleksei Antonov
• 1989–90 (last)	Vladimir Lobov
Historical era	Cauld War
• Established	14 Mey 1955
• Hungarian crisis	4 November 1956
• Czechoslovakian crisis	21 August 1968
• End o Communism in Poland (1989)	13 September 1989/22 December 1990
• German reunification²	3 October 1990
• Disestablished	1 Julie 1991
Succeedit bi Collective Security Treaty Organisation
¹ Command and Control HQ in Warsaw, Poland. Military HQ in Moscow, USSR. ² A 24 September 1990 treaty withdrew the German Democratic Republic from the Warsaw Treaty; at reunification, it became integral to the NATO Pact.