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The Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, in the west better known as the Warsaw Pact (it used to be known as the Warsaw Treaty Organisation too, but that name has now disappeared due to a more famous organisation taking the acronym), was a military defense alliance of the USSR and its European satellite states. It was pretty much formed as a direct response to [[NATO]]. |
The Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, in the west better known as the [[Warsaw Pact]] (it used to be known as the Warsaw Treaty Organisation too, but that name has now disappeared due to a more famous organisation taking the acronym), was a military defense alliance of the USSR and its European satellite states. It was pretty much formed as a direct response to [[NATO]]. |
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Accordingly, it's a good place for us to discuss Central and Eastern Europe as [[Commie Land]]. |
Accordingly, it's a good place for us to discuss Central and Eastern Europe as [[Commie Land]]. |
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Allow me to add that one of my life's greatest moments was at the viking market in Wolin 1998 where I met a former Polish para who had trained to invade the part of Denmark I was training to defend, he even knew some local village names. We quickly agreed that we were content that it never happened and shared a few beers, then a few more. The rest of the evening was hazy as we discovered that "The Other" was a young chap just like ourselves. |
Allow me to add that one of my life's greatest moments was at the viking market in Wolin 1998 where I met a former Polish para who had trained to invade the part of Denmark I was training to defend, he even knew some local village names. We quickly agreed that we were content that it never happened and shared a few beers, then a few more. The rest of the evening was hazy as we discovered that "The Other" was a young chap just like ourselves. |
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{{examples|The '''Warsaw Pact''' and its member states in fiction}} |
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As [[Commie Land]], all the states turn up at some point. |
As [[Commie Land]], all the states turn up at some point. |
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