WARSAW PACT

The communist states in Central and Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union) form a treaty known as "Warsaw Pact", was signed in Poland in 1955. It's also known as called 'The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance'.

The official copies of the treaty were made in Russian, Polish, Czech and German languages. The treaty was an initiative of the Soviet Union and was indirect response to West Germany joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1955.

The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet-sponsored military-treaty organization and the European Communist Bloc's counterpart to NATO; it was similar to NATO in that there was a political Consultative Committee, followed by a civilian secretary-general, while down the chain of command there was a military commander in chief and a combined staff, although the similarities between the two international organizations ended there.