Warsaw Pact Joint Command

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The Warsaw Pact Joint Command was the unified military command structure of the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc alliance, responsible for coordinating the armed forces of member states during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War organization
military command structure
appliesToJurisdiction Eastern Bloc
commander Soviet Marshal
controlledBy Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
diplomaticRelation NATO military command structure (as adversary)
dissolutionCause collapse of the Warsaw Pact
end of the Cold War
dissolved 1991
follows Soviet High Command control over Eastern Bloc forces
hasCommander Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact
hasEffect integration of Eastern Bloc military structures
hasLanguage Russian
hasMainRole coordination of armed forces of Warsaw Pact member states
joint military planning
operational control of Warsaw Pact forces in wartime
organization of joint military exercises
standardization of military doctrine
hasMember Albanian People's Army
Bulgarian People's Army
Czechoslovak People's Army
linked to: Czechoslovak Army

East German National People's Army
Hungarian People's Army
Polish People's Army
Romanian Armed Forces
Soviet Armed Forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces
hasObjective ensure Soviet strategic control over Eastern Bloc militaries
maintain military readiness of Warsaw Pact
hasPart Combined Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact
joint command staff from member states
staff of the Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces
headquartersLocation Moscow
hierarchicalSuperior Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
inception 1955
legalBasis Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
locatedInTimePeriod Cold War
memberOf Warsaw Treaty Organization
linked to: Warsaw Pact
operatingArea Europe
territory of Warsaw Pact member states
partOf Warsaw Pact
significantEvent Prague Spring military intervention
coordination of nuclear war plans in Europe
planning of joint Warsaw Pact exercises
uses Soviet military doctrine
Soviet weapons systems

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Ministry of Defense of the USSR coordinatedWith Warsaw Pact Joint Command
PPSh-41 usedBy Warsaw Pact forces
subject linked to: PPSh-41 submachine gun
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Treaty of Warsaw establishedOrganization Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Treaty of Warsaw governingBodyCreated Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
2K12 Kub usedBy Warsaw Pact armies
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Political Consultative Committee relatedTo Unified Command of the Warsaw Pact Armed Forces
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Committee of Ministers of Defense memberOf Warsaw Pact command structure
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Committee of Ministers of Defense cooperatedWith Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Committee of Ministers of Defense coordinatedWith Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Committee on Technology and Armaments hasSupervisingOrganization Unified Command of the Warsaw Pact Armed Forces
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
NATO external border during Cold War monitoredBy Warsaw Pact armed forces
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
Czechoslovak Ministry of National Defence cooperatedWith Warsaw Pact command structures
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command
11th Motor Rifle Division partOf Warsaw Pact ground forces
linked to: Warsaw Pact Joint Command