NATO and the Warsaw Pact

NATO was also known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in which was a military alliance. It was an organization of countries that were involved in a mutual defense alliance, which meant that if one of the countries were attacked the allied countries would help defend them. The Warsaw Pact was another defensive alliance, but was an organization Communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Western Europe and North America made up the NATO alliance. NATO was created to stop the spread od communism and help defend fellow countries from attacks. The Warsaw Pact was created because the communist military wanted to maintain power over Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union wound up gaining control over its neighboring European nations.