NATOand the Warsaw Pact

NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It includes countries in Europe and North America. NATO was created for the countries involved so that if any opposing countries attacked them, the countries part of the NATO organization would have their back. The NATO also helped with economic aide of the European nations. If the countries cooperated with eachother, they could speed up the could rebuildng process.
The Warsaw pact consisted of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries. It was like a NATO for the Soviet Union. The warsaw pact was created in response to the NATO.