History GCSE
Formation of the Warsaw Pact in 1955
What Formation of the Warsaw Pact in 1955 means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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The Soviet Union responded to West Germany joining NATO by forming the Warsaw Pact with its Eastern European satellite states.
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