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How did the Soviet Union respond to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

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It established the Warsaw Pact alliance.
It established the Warsaw Pact alliance.

It set up nuclear missile bases in Cuba.
It set up nuclear missile bases in Cuba.

It invaded West Germany and Austria.
It invaded West Germany and Austria.

It agreed to hold free elections in Poland.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It established the Warsaw Pact alliance.

Specifically, in 1955 the USSR and its Eastern European satellites created the Warsaw Treaty Organization as a military/diplomatic counterweight to NATO (prompted in part by West Germany’s entry into NATO).