Question

Name the two military alliances formed during the Cold War.

Answer 1

The two major military alliances formed during the Cold War were:

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation): Formed in 1949, this was a Western military alliance led by the United States and its Western European allies to counter Soviet expansion.
• The Warsaw Pact: Formed in 1955, this was an eastern military alliance led by the Soviet Union (USSR) and its Eastern European communist satellite states as a response to NATO.