Military alliances and diplomatic relations

Question 1

When was NATO set up?

Answer 1

1949

Question 2

What was NATO?

Answer 2

Important military alliance of 11 nations. They agreed to assist each other if one was attacked by an aggressor.

Question 3

When did West Germany join NATO?

Answer 3

1955

Question 4

After Germany joined NATO, what was created?

Answer 4

the Bundeswehr- a new German Army

Question 5

By 1961, how many soldiers were in the Bundeswehr?

Answer 5

350,000

Question 6

By the 1970s how many soldiers were in the Bundeswehr? And also a (fun) fact!

Answer 6

500,000- second largest Army in NATO.

Question 7

When did Adenauer announce the Hallstein Doctrine?

Answer 7

1955

Question 8

What did the Hallstein Doctrine do?

Answer 8

If any country other than the USSR formally recognized the existence o East Germany, then the west would cut off diplomatic relations.

Question 9

What did East Germany do in retaliation of West Germany joining NATO? in the same year.

Answer 9

created the Warsaw pact

Question 10

Warsaw Pact led to in East Germany?

Answer 10

Re-militarization and forming of the National People’s Army.