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Purposes
• 1. To reinforce communist dominance in Eastern Europe.
•2.To provide a counterbalance to NATO and increase
the international negotiating power of the Soviet Union.
Warsaw Pact’s Use of Nuclear
Weapon
Warsaw Pact was equipped with nuclear
weapons, like the NATO.
The Soviet Union would not use the nuclear
weapons unless the United States used
theirs.
Both NATO and Warsaw pact countries had
access to nuclear weapons but they didn’t
use them against each other. Why? Because,
they believed in the idea of MAD.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) -
Idea that whereby to launch a nuclear attack
against another nuclear-armed power would
result in the annihilation of both.
How the Warsaw Pact influenced the Cold War
The Warsaw Pact was a major factor in increasing tensions between
the countries during the Cold War. Because of its opposing alliance with the
NATO, the country members of both parties sent out terrible threats, violent
propagandas, and other measures of short open warfare
What are the reasons why Warsaw Pact lost the war?
a. Economic problems:
-Lack of money for superior weapons needed to win
-Too much money spent on weapons and military already