The Long Road to NATO, 1917–1949 - The Sextant

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union. This is only partially true.

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The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) begins in the immediate aftermath of World War II. In 1947, the United Kingdom and France ...

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NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. After the destruction of the Second World War, ...

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Founded in the aftermath of World War II, NATO was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. The organization serves as a system of ...

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On May 8, 1945, the guns in Europe fell silent. Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered to the victorious allies — the United Kingdom, ...

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Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO had been a static organization whose mere existence was enough to deter the Soviet Union. Balkan intervention began the ...

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The establishment of NATO marked the first time since 1800 that the US government had concluded a military alliance with a European power in peacetime.

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A transatlantic agreement signed on 4 April 1949, which created an alliance of countries united against any form of military aggression.

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3 days ago — NATO is a military alliance that, at its establishment in 1949, sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and ...

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After months of writing, negotiating and meeting, twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949; it came into effect in August 1949.

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