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AQA GCSE History · 8145

Paper 1

The Soviet-led military alliance established in 1955, bringing the USSR and its Eastern European satellite states into a rival alliance to NATO.
The USSR responded to West Germany's entry into NATO by establishing the Warsaw Pact on 14 May 1955. Its founding members were the USSR, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania.
Revise: Military Rivalries
The Soviet-led military alliance established in 1955, which included Hungary and other communist states in Eastern Europe.
Revise: The ‘Thaw’
The military alliance established in 1955 between the Soviet Union and communist states in Eastern Europe.
Revise: Czechoslovakia

AQA History past papers

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

Paper 2

A military alliance formed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European satellite states, whose members agreed to defend one another.
The Soviet Union responded by forming the Warsaw Pact in 1955, shortly after West Germany’s entry into NATO. Its members were the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European satellite states, including Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. They agreed to defend one another in the event of war.
Revise: Intensification
Revise: Crises
The military alliance formed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and communist states in Eastern Europe, which ended in July 1991.
Revise: Collapse of Soviet Control

Edexcel History past papers

OCR GCSE History A · J410

Paper 1

A Soviet-led military alliance established in 1955 between the USSR and communist states in Eastern Europe.
The USSR responded by establishing the Warsaw Pact in May 1955. This brought the Soviet Union and communist states in Eastern Europe into a military alliance under Soviet command. Like NATO, it promised mutual defence if a member was attacked.
Revise: The Berlin Crises and Military Alliances

OCR History A past papers

Exam tips

1
Explain the causal links: Nagy’s withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact threatened Soviet control, so Khrushchev used force to prevent Hungary breaking away.
2
Distinguish Dubček’s aims from Soviet fears: he wanted to reform communism and remain in the Warsaw Pact, but Brezhnev feared that reform would spread and weaken Soviet control.
3
Link the Warsaw Pact’s formation in 1955 to West Germany joining NATO, rather than treating it as an immediate response to NATO’s creation in 1949.

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE History · 8145

Paper 1

The Soviet-led military alliance established in 1955, bringing the USSR and its Eastern European satellite states into a rival alliance to NATO.
The USSR responded to West Germany's entry into NATO by establishing the Warsaw Pact on 14 May 1955. Its founding members were the USSR, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania.
Revise: Military Rivalries
The Soviet-led military alliance established in 1955, which included Hungary and other communist states in Eastern Europe.
Revise: The ‘Thaw’
The military alliance established in 1955 between the Soviet Union and communist states in Eastern Europe.
Revise: Czechoslovakia

AQA History past papers

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

Paper 2

A military alliance formed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European satellite states, whose members agreed to defend one another.
The Soviet Union responded by forming the Warsaw Pact in 1955, shortly after West Germany’s entry into NATO. Its members were the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European satellite states, including Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. They agreed to defend one another in the event of war.
Revise: Intensification
Revise: Crises
The military alliance formed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and communist states in Eastern Europe, which ended in July 1991.
Revise: Collapse of Soviet Control

Edexcel History past papers

OCR GCSE History A · J410

Paper 1

A Soviet-led military alliance established in 1955 between the USSR and communist states in Eastern Europe.
The USSR responded by establishing the Warsaw Pact in May 1955. This brought the Soviet Union and communist states in Eastern Europe into a military alliance under Soviet command. Like NATO, it promised mutual defence if a member was attacked.
Revise: The Berlin Crises and Military Alliances

OCR History A past papers

Exam tips

1
Explain the causal links: Nagy’s withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact threatened Soviet control, so Khrushchev used force to prevent Hungary breaking away.
2
Distinguish Dubček’s aims from Soviet fears: he wanted to reform communism and remain in the Warsaw Pact, but Brezhnev feared that reform would spread and weaken Soviet control.
3
Link the Warsaw Pact’s formation in 1955 to West Germany joining NATO, rather than treating it as an immediate response to NATO’s creation in 1949.

Warsaw Pact

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AQA GCSE History · 8145

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

OCR GCSE History A · J410

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Warsaw Pact

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How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE History · 8145

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

OCR GCSE History A · J410

Exam tips

Revise History with GradeGen

Definition

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE History · 8145

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

OCR GCSE History A · J410

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Revise History with GradeGen

Definition

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE History · 8145

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

OCR GCSE History A · J410

Exam tips

Related key terms

Revise History with GradeGen