Answer: The major similarity, then, is that both of these were organizations meant mainly to defend one side against the other. A major difference was that the Warsaw Pact was also created as a way for the Soviet Union to maintain some amount of control over the rest of its bloc. The pact was created soon after Stalin died.
Stalin was determined to capture West Berlin and gain concessions from the west.
Samuel Johnson said that quote on April 7, 1775
