The “Warsaw Treaty”, a political-military alliance between the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Albania, was signed in Warsaw, Poland, with a term of 20 years. The provisions of the Warsaw Pact included mutual consultations among the participating states on important international issues and joint military assistance actions in the event of an armed attack or threat against one or more treaty members. The treaty envisioned the existence of predetermined joint armed forces under a unified command, with a unique doctrine and a specified level of organization and cooperation. The executive military organ was the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, whose supreme commander was the Soviet representative, who also held the powers of the General Commander. The armed forces of the Warsaw Treaty numbered 4,800,000 personnel, around 65,000 tanks, about 11,000 combat aircraft, and about 1,000 large warships.
Starting from 1961, Albania did not participate in any Warsaw Treaty meetings. On September 13, 1968, the People’s Assembly of the Republic of Albania passed a special law that legally freed Albania from any obligations arising from that Treaty. In February 1991, the Warsaw Treaty was dissolved in Budapest.
(In the picture: Part of the Warsaw Treaty)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 3 , Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH,” Tirana, 2009, page 2736-2737.
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