Question

Explain how the location and makeup of nato and warsaw pact affected Europe druing the1950s and 1960s. How did these aiiiances affect cold war tensions ?

Answer 1

The NATO/Warsaw Divide essentially formed the boundary of what was known as the Iron Curtain, that is, the divide between democratic capitalist countries and authoritarian communist countries. This led to a tense border and a sense of a built in line that could and possibly might be added to as the countries engaged in geopolitical chess.