Catalogue question 207 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Which military alliance was East Germany a member of?
- NATO
- the Confederation of the Rhine
- the Warsaw Pact Correct
- the "European Alliance" (not a real organisation)
Why — for every option
- A — NATO was the Western alliance that West Germany (not East Germany) joined.
- B — The Confederation of the Rhine was a historical Napoleonic alliance of states from 1806, long since dissolved before the East German era.
- C — Correct: East Germany was a founding member of the Warsaw Pact (1955), the Eastern military alliance under Soviet leadership.
- D — A "European Alliance" in this sense did not exist as a real military alliance.
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