<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Eastern Bloc was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact . The terms Socialist bloc, Communist Bloc, and Soviet Bloc were also used to denote groupings of states aligned with the Soviet Union, although these terms might include states outside Eastern Europe . </P> <P> Use of the term "Eastern Bloc" generally refers to the states forming the Warsaw Pact . Some define it simply as "communist states of eastern Europe ." Sometimes, more generally, they are referred to as "the countries of Eastern Europe under communism". </P>

Name the military alliance of the ussr and eastern european states after world war ii