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==1955-1968 ==
==1955-1968 ==
[[File:Heusinger.PNG|right|400px|thumb|'''Warsaw Pact members considered themselves still facing a threat from undefeated elements and allies of the [[Axis Powers]].'''<ref>[https://sonar21.com/the-warsaw-pact-propaganda-and-reality-by-helmholtz-smith/ THE WARSAW PACT – PROPAGANDA AND REALITY (BY HELMHOLTZ SMITH)], by HELMHOLTZ SMITH, 30 December 2023. sonar21.com</ref> {''left'') Chief of the General Staff of the German Army Gen. Adolf Heusinger, [[Gen. Friedrich von Paulus]] who was captured at [[Stalingrad]], and [[Adolf Hitler]]; (''right'') Gen. Adolf Heusinger as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (1961-1964).]]
[[File:Heusinger.PNG|right|400px|thumb|'''Warsaw Pact members considered themselves still facing a threat from undefeated elements and allies of the [[Axis Powers]].'''<ref>[https://sonar21.com/the-warsaw-pact-propaganda-and-reality-by-helmholtz-smith/ THE WARSAW PACT – PROPAGANDA AND REALITY (BY HELMHOLTZ SMITH)], by HELMHOLTZ SMITH, 30 December 2023. sonar21.com</ref> {''Left'') Chief of the General Staff of the German Army Gen. Adolf Heusinger, [[Gen. Friedrich von Paulus]] who was captured at [[Stalingrad]], and [[Adolf Hitler]]; (''right'') Gen. Adolf Heusinger as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (1961-1964).]]
During the Organisation's first thirteen years the Ministers of Defence of the sovereign states, whether they were pro-Soviet puppets or actual Soviet generals and Marshals, were subordinated to the Commander-in-Chief, who was appointed by the Soviet government and who was himself Deputy Minister of Defence of the USSR. Thus, even in a legal sense, the Ministers of these theoretically sovereign states were directly subordinated to a Soviet Minister's deputy.
During the Organisation's first thirteen years the Ministers of Defence of the sovereign states, whether they were pro-Soviet puppets or actual Soviet generals and Marshals, were subordinated to the Commander-in-Chief, who was appointed by the Soviet government and who was himself Deputy Minister of Defence of the USSR. Thus, even in a legal sense, the Ministers of these theoretically sovereign states were directly subordinated to a Soviet Minister's deputy.