The Warsaw Pact emerged
during the Second World War between Germany and the Soviet Union.
into prominence following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
immediately following the Russian Revolution.
after the fall of the Soviet Union, in order to promote democracy in the former European states of the U.S.S.R.
in opposition to NATO.
The fall of the Soviet Union occurred in the
1980s.
1950s.
1960s.
2000s.
1990s.
