The Warsaw Treaty is signed
Eight states signed the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance at Warsaw, days after the Federal Republic of Germany was admitted to NATO. The treaty did not create the Soviet military presence in eastern Europe, which already existed under post-war arrangements; it gave that presence a multilateral legal form and a unified command, held throughout by Soviet officers.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Warsaw Treaty Organization · organisation · Central and Eastern Europe · not located
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization · organisation · North Atlantic and Europe · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance (the Warsaw Treaty)
Supports the date and place of signature and the identity of the eight original parties. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted; no copy of the treaty text could be retrieved in this session. The two-stage dissolution in 1991 and the sequence of Albanian and Romanian detachment are stated at low precision for the same reason.
Signatory states, Warsaw · 1955-05-14 · Partly verified
Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance, signed at Warsaw, 14 May 1955
Recorded on Warsaw Treaty Organization
Related
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- Warsaw Pact forces invade Czechoslovakia · 1968-08-20 – 1968-08-21
- The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington · 1949-04-04