Nato and the Warsaw Pact

The NATO was known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The NATO was formed in North America, and in Europe. NATO was established on April 4th of 1949. The main reason for this treaty was so they could have defense if one of the countries got attacked. Also it was a defense of communism. Basically if one of the countries was getting attacked the other countries would come and help them out. The NATO would provide each other with economies aid, and also support for the countries. The Warsaw Pact was also another sort of group that originated from European communist states. This was the Soviet Union developing there "response" to NATO. Warsaw Pact was established on May 1st of 1955.These states were from central and eastern Europe. The reason for the Warsaw Pact was so that can counter the alliance made by the NATO treaty. These alliances were both strong. Even though these two different alliances had opposite goals, both of them were able to avoid major conflict