NATO and The Warsaw Pact

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a organization formed after World War II to have a mutual alliance so that if a member gets attacked the other members would aid them. NATO was formed by the US and Europe. The USSR also had another alliance called the Warsaw Pact and was created in response to NATO. The Warsaw pact was made up of 8 communist countries. They both played a role in the Cold War one side was communist and the other capitalist. Both were destined to keep each other out for example the Americans wanted to keep the Russians out and vice-versa. They had several things during the Cold War, there were the Arms Race, Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Korean War and the Vietnam War. During the Cuban Missile Crisis the Soviet placed Nuclear Missiles in Cuba since Cuba was a ally with the USSR. The Soviets allowed the missiles to be launched in the event of a invasion which would spark a nuclear war. They then ended up reaching a agreement for dismantling the missiles in exchange for a no invasion agreement.