Warsaw pact, treaty establishing a mutualdefense organization composed originally of the soviet union and albania, bulgaria, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland, and romania. Chapter 4 the sovietwarsaw pact ground forces threat to. A comparison of natos pershing ii and ground launched cruise missiles glcm to the warsaw pacts ss4, ss5 and ss20 missiles. Just like any military, the soviet and warsaw pact forces were in a continual state of upgrade and change, discrepancies will occur between various sources of information. However i believe the sheer fire power of the warsaw pact forces would simply crush any nato aggression unless they used tactical nuclear weapons. May 21, 2014 the best thing about the warsaw pact our beloved mother russia see more ideas about warsaw pact, warsaw and armed forces. The main nonnuclear threat comes from the continental forces of the warsaw pact, concentrated in central. The warsaw pact, 1955 treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the peoples republic of albania, the peoples republic of bulgaria, the hungarian peoples republic, the german democratic republic, the polish peoples republic, the rumanian peoples republic, the union of soviet socialist republics, and. Numbers of major ships in 1976nato warsaw pact forces. Group of soviet forces in germany eastern order of battle. While the soviet armed forces are justly regarded as the greatest threat to western europe, nato military planners must consider the strength and the role of the armies of the nonsoviet warsaw pact nswp nations in any future war. All content taken from nato and republished must be clearly credited or sourced to nato. Parallel history project php an inside history of the warsaw pact, 19551991 5 assignments relating to the front matter. Chapter 4 the sovietwarsaw pact ground forces threat to europe.
Accompany the ground attack with a massive air assault in. In another capacity, archive executive director tom blanton, who helped forge the archives connection to and support for the php network, was the. The warsaw pact invasion of czechoslovakia, officially known as operation danube, was a joint invasion of czechoslovakia by five warsaw pact countries the soviet union, poland, bulgaria, east germany and hungary on the night of 2021 august 1968. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Warsaw pact ground forces, 1985 soviet nonsoviet total total active divisions 201 55 256 mobilizationbase divisions 12 25 ready tds 25 38 notready mrds 104 22 126 notready tds 27 3 30 total divisions 214 67 281. The soviet union established itself as a threat to the west at the end of world war ii by its military occupation of eastern european countries and the attempts of its armed proxies to capture greece and south korea. Both nato and the warsaw pact led to the expansion of military forces and their integration into the respective blocs. Zurich september 2002 this publication is part of a publications series by the parallel history project on nato and the warsaw pact. The role of east european warsaw pact forces in soviet military planning. Rivalling the size of the united states army, the combined ground forces of the six nonsoviet warsaw pact countries totalled over 775,000 active troops, with. The present treaty shall remain in force for 20 years.
The most important of these activities is the system of joint military exercises. The warsaw pact was established as a balance of power or counterweight to nato. Locations provided for ground forces are the peacetime barracks positions and should be a guide to the actual. Tug m197o amphibious armoured reconnaissance vehapc 2425. The treaty provided for a unified military command and for the maintenance of soviet military units within other participating states. Appendix to supplement b provides extracts from nato documents.
This was agreement was fulfilled when on 27 june 1911 the headquarters, central group of forces was disbanded with the departure of the last soviet forces. Concentate their initial efforts in central europe, attacking with ground forces organized into five fronts 80 to 90 divisions. Buy warsaw pact ground forces elite first edition by rottman, gordon l. Albania withdrew from the warsaw pact shortly thereafter. Tug m197o amphibious armoured reconnaissance veh apc 2425. The militarypolitical axioms shared by the armed forces o f the. They alone accounted for more men in uniform than the. Cia analysis of the warsaw pact forces cia foia foia. All these elements underlie a shared recognition of a major danger facing nato.
Our view must consider the current posture of forces in the forward area, the status of units avail. The christian science monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, online daily edition, and email newsletters. Tactically the polish forces have adopted the role envisaged for them as members of the warsaw pact, they have trained and improved the polish armed forces accordingly, polish military theorists have significantly contri buted to the warsaw pact coalition warfare doctrine, military equipment in the warsaw pact by and large has become. Locations provided for ground forces are the peacetime barracks positions and should be a guide to the actual wartime positioning of forces. Sovietpolish nonaggression pact an international treaty of nonaggression signed in 1932 by representatives ofpoland and the ussr. Pact activities which prevent members of the pact from acquiring the capability to wage a war of territorial defense. For the contracting parties which will not have submitted to the government of the polish peoples republic a statement denouncing the treaty a year before the expiration of its term, it shall remain in force throughout the following ten years. In clancys red rabbit, however, other pact nations are pointedly not ignored. The soviets subcontract their assassination plot to the bulgarians, and a kgb officer has to go to yugoslavia yes, not actually a warsaw pact nation to defect. The 1964 warsaw pact plan for a nuclear war in europe and. See more ideas about soviet army, warsaw pact and army. Ground forces and the conventional balance in europe. Dzur discussing warsaw pact maneuvers in poland, march 1981 gamma liaison, f. Pact forces and intelligence judgments about the way these forces would be employed in a war with nato.
Rivalling the size of the united states army, the combined ground forces of the six nonsoviet warsaw pact countries totalled over 775,000 active troops, with almost two million ground forces reserves. May 07, 2020 warsaw pact, treaty establishing a mutualdefense organization composed originally of the soviet union and albania, bulgaria, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland, and romania. Parallel history project php an inside history of the warsaw pact, 19551991 3 2 preface and acknowledgements, by vojtech mastny and malcolm byrne this volume is the. The estimate treats the following elements of the pacts military forces. Cia analysis of the warsaw pact forces this study examines the role of clandestine reporting in cias analysis of the warsaw pact from 1955 to 1985. The warsaw pacts end came on the 31 st of march in the year 1991. The essays in nato and the warsaw pact seek to address that glaring gap in the historiography by utilizing a wide range of case studies to explore these oftensignificant tensions, dispelling in the process all thoughts that the alliances always operated smoothly and without internal dissent. Following the cease of hostilities in the second world war, the soviet military positioned a large number of men and materiel inside eastern germany. The first surprise already in the introduction is the sheer landpower those nations had in comparison to nato.
Revising the estimates of the strength of soviet warsaw pact. This nie is the first comprehensive estimate of warsaw pact forces opposite nato since 1971. The role of east european warsaw pact forces in soviet. Total strategic missiles and bombers between 1971 and 1983, the soviet union surpassed nato in several critical measures traditionally used to evaluate the strategic balance. No matter what, the germans had many tricks up their sleeves to deal with overwhelming numbers. Assessing the natowarsaw pact military balance dtic. The soviet western group of forces was essentially the group of soviet forces in germany positioned across the german democratic republic. Approximately 250,000 warsaw pact troops attacked czechoslovakia that night, with romania and albania refusing to participate. Lecture ppt nato and the warsaw pact 19451989 20 min. The militarypolitical axioms shared by the armed forces o f the soviet union and the five loyal east european members of the. To view resource web pages, download the lesson plan pdf above. Warsaw pact ground forces reserve systems central intelligence. Warsaw pact ground forces is, to my knowledge, the only reference for the nonsoviet members of the warsaw pact.
Join the community today totally free or sign in with your social account on the right and join in the conversation. Numbers of major ships in 1976natowarsaw pact forces. Which person was the original commander of the united nations forces in the korean war. These forces would remain temporarily until, as a result of the agreement signed between czechoslovakia and the ussr, all soviet forces are to be withdrawn by july 1991. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is intended to provide a baseline for any further studies comparing nato and pact forces. From russia with love had some bulgarian ds agents.
A comparison of natos pershing ii and ground launched cruise missiles glcm to the warsaw pact s ss4, ss5 and ss20 missiles. Soviet warsaw pact nswp military forces in soviet military plan. East germany, czechoslovakia, poland, bulgaria, hungary and romania. But at the same time, warsaw pact forces should be prepared for a rapid shift of focus deep behind enemy lines that would result in the destruction of enemy capabilities in a. The ground forces including airborne and heliborne forces of the ussr, east germany, poland, czechoslovakia, hungary, romania, and bulgaria and their organic air defense and tactical nuclear systems. Pact reservists is inadequate to maintain their skills after active duty or to develop cohesion in units manned largely by.
Warsaw pact ground forces gordon rottman, ronald volstad. Part iv estimates pact military reactions to alternative usnato force structures and strategies. The warsaw pact roy rosenzweig center for history and. After the disintegration of soviet states and the power of the country also came to an end, with this it was seen that the warsaw pact also met its fate. Warsaw pact military forceswarsaw pact armed forces. Soviets are experts at ground warfare when using mass attacks. Instead, the conflict was fought on an ideological basis and in proxy wars. For material that was not produced by natos own information service the information division, the office of information and press, etc or that contains ed material from third parties, requests must be addressed directly to the originator. The warsaw pact description following the final approval of the paris peace treaties that ended world war ii, the north atlantic treaty organization nato planned to incorporate the new state of west germany into their military alliance in the spring of 1955. The pact was unilaterally broken by the soviet union on september 17, 1939, during the nazi and soviet invasion of poland. If a natowarsaw pact conflict occurred, we would expect the soviets within the european theater to. Likely avenues of attack by warsaw pact forces 5 2. A collection of recently declassified central intelligence agency cia documents demonstrates that in the early 1980s the u.
Part iii, which considers contingencies in which pact forces might be used, was issued as a separate report by the working group in april. Red son had the soviets publicly announce his existence using the intro from the radio and tv series with one natural substitution. Table 1 warsaw pact ground forces, 1985 cia foia foia. Warsaw pact signed on may 4th, 1955 in warsaw, poland and in 1991 the warsaw pact was declared disbanded created by the soviets 6 years after nato when west germany was admitted and it started rearming political consultative committee and unified command pact armed forces were responsible for actions committed through warsaw. Warsaw pact, with emphasis on each alliances ground forces.
This is followed by soviet forces in mongolia and afghanistan and then by the non soviet warsaw pact nswp forces of the german democratic republic gdr, poland pva, czechoslovakia cva, rumania rva, hungary uva, and bulgaria bka. Ace contains the majority of the nato ground forces and is based at the supreme headquarters allied powers europe shape in belgium. There was a real wartime scenario where the warsaw pact would attack out of the barracks positions, this would only provide nato a 2472 hour notification. Cwihp is pleased to announce the addition of a new documents to its online digital archive. In red storm rising, bar a small appearance from gdr forces prewar, the nonsoviet forces are ignored. As commie land, all the states turn up at some point comic books. Does any country have the right to a sphere of influence.
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