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What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Which event precipitated the creation of NATO?
after stalin's blockade the western countries needed a defence organisation.
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How did NATO work?
each country consulted and cooperated on defence and security related issues
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How was the Warsaw Pact similar to NATO?
the Warsaw pact related to the "eastern block. they were ideologically opposed and were in an arms race to build their defence system
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when was NATO created ?
1949
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when was the Warsaw pacts created ?
1955
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what was a promise NATO made ?
To help any each other if any country was attacked
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what countries were mainly part of the Warsaw pact?
Satellite countries
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What caused the USA to up their development of nuclear weapons?
the confrontation tat put the USA against the soviet union
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Why was the hydrogen bomb different from the bombs used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the hydrogen bomb took two separate atoms together to form a third bomb
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Why did both sides limit the testing of nuclear weapons
USA andd soviet union came to a discussion that the nuclear arms race was coming to dangerous levels
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