Seeing this as an existential threat, the Soviet Union united the countries under its own sphere of influence in Eastern Europe into a defensive alliance known as the Warsaw Pact. These two ...

Shortly before midnight on August 20, more than 200.000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops from Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and East Germany(Romania and Albania refused to take part) invaded ...

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and ...

In response to West Germany joining NATO, the Soviet Union set up the Warsaw Pact in May 1955.The Warsaw Pact had eight founder members: the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia ...

The Soviet leader struck up a frank and sometimes ... Encouraged by Gorbachev’s reforms, Warsaw Pact nations challenge Communist authority. Encouraged by Gorbachev’s reforms, Warsaw Pact ...