NATO and the Warsaw Pact

after ww2 the countries in western europe thought they were too weak to fight against the communist. So they made an alliance with 12 nations including UK and US. It was called NATO and it was officially made on April 4,1949 when they signed the North Atlantic Treaty. 6 years after NATO was made the Warsaw Pact was made by a communist military alliance to take power over Eastern Europe. They took over both European nations and let other nations know that they were a military and political force.