Cold War Alliances Map
They also created the risk that a confrontation between two member states might expand into a third world war.
Cold war alliances map. The treaty provided for a unified military command and for the maintenance of soviet military units within other participating states. Return to top cold war index next. This detailed map breaks down the cold war alliances into 6 distinctive groups dividing up the non aligned movement into 2 showing how the world was shaped in the second half of the century. 4 nato takes shape.
The communist countries appear in what i think is called indian red. Cold war alliances 1945 1989. Warsaw pact treaty establishing a mutual defense organization composed originally of the soviet union and albania bulgaria czechoslovakia east germany hungary poland and romania. 3 the north atlantic treaty.
Cold war european military alliances map. Learn what the political map of europe looked like in the cold war era in this historical map quizthe cold war was a political conflict between the united states and its allies in western europe on one side and the ussr and its sphere of influence in the east. During the cold war alliances were made between countries and the superpowers the soviet union and the united states of america. Enlarge map or zoom in to center note.
During the cold war most of europe was divided between two alliances. The 3ad returned to germany in 1956 having left in november 1945. The green region does not represent an alliance but rather encompasses all countries that were not aligned with the soviet union the usa or china. 2 the seeds of nato.
Cold war alliances both defined and intensified divisions between democratic and socialist nations. Cold war europe 1949 1989 map quiz game. This organiztion came into being august. The following map shows the cold war alliances in 1980.
The most important communist countries allied with the soviets and not with the chinese were cuba and nicaragua in central asia angola and mozambique in south africa ethiopia in west africa afghanistan in central asia mongolia in east asia and vietnam laos and cambodia in south asia. A simplified map of the cold war alliances between may and august of 1975. North atlantic treaty organization nato for short was created as a peacetime alliance between the usa belgium canada denmark france iceland italy and luxembourg. The russian and chinese blocs are grouped together as one for illustrative purposes but note that historically they were not allied during the time represented.
The map focuses on the year 1980 showing all sovereign states at the time. Members of warsaw pact. The line dividing the east and west was known as the iron curtain. Members of nato are shown in blue mostly in western europe plus greece and turkey with members of the warsaw pact in red in eastern europe.