Table of Contents
- 1 What did the Eastern and Western blocs represent?
- 2 What Treaty organized the Western bloc?
- 3 Who is in the Western Bloc?
- 4 Who was in the Eastern Bloc?
- 5 When was the Eastern Bloc formed?
- 6 Was Yugoslavia part of the Eastern Bloc?
- 7 Who are the members of the Eastern Bloc?
- 8 What was the relationship between the eastern and Western blocs?
- 9 Why did the Soviet Union form the Eastern Bloc?
What did the Eastern and Western blocs represent?
The Western-Bloc countries consolidated their capitalist economies, while the Eastern-Bloc countries established centrally planned communist economies. The United States continued to be the world’s leading economic power.
What Treaty organized the Western bloc?
the Warsaw Pact
Formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance, the Warsaw Pact was created on 14 May 1955, immediately after the accession of West Germany to the Alliance.
What divided the Western bloc and Eastern Bloc?
The Iron Curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Who is in the Western Bloc?
The Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to the capitalist countries who were under the hegemony of the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
Who was in the Eastern Bloc?
In Western Europe, the term Eastern Bloc generally referred to the USSR and its satellite states in the Comecon (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania).
Was Yugoslavia in Warsaw Pact?
While this move led to some easing of the bilateral tensions between Yugoslavia and the USSR, the Soviets were told clearly that Yugoslavia and its people had no intention of joining the Warsaw Pact.
When was the Eastern Bloc formed?
The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.
Was Yugoslavia part of the Eastern Bloc?
Even though Yugoslavia was a socialist country, it was not a member of the COMECON or the Warsaw Pact. However, some sources consider Yugoslavia to be a member of the Eastern Bloc.
Who made up the Eastern Bloc?
The member countries of the Eastern Bloc were spread across eastern and central Europe and comprised of The Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.
Who are the members of the Eastern Bloc?
Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact)’s Economic Organisation: Comecon (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance) Formed of communist/socialist countries (Soviet Union, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, etc.) Economic complement for the Warsaw Pact. Formation of Comecon was the response of the formation of the Western Bloc’s OCED.
What was the relationship between the eastern and Western blocs?
eastern & western bloc (OECd & comecon) The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. Western Bloc (United States and NATO)’s Economic Organisation: OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
What was the Western Bloc during the Cold War?
The Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to the countries allied with the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc.
Why did the Soviet Union form the Eastern Bloc?
The reason behind the formation of the pact is usually pointed to the aftermath of the Second World War which exposed the expansive and porous Russian border. The communist government saw it wise to not completely withdraw from the neighboring countries it had conquered during the war.