Definition of warsaw treaty organization in English English dictionary
The strategic alliance of Communist countries (the Soviet Union and its European allies GDR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and until the 1960s break-up with Moskow Albania) established by the Warshaw Pact (treaty on May 14, 1955)
The Warsaw Treaty Organization claimed it needed to balance the 'threat' posed by NATO, thus justifying the Cold War arms race.