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