NATO

• | NATO, 1949

  • due to stalin's threat to berlin & the communist takeover in czechoslovakia, it persuaded the western powers that they needed a formal military alliance to protect themselves from the USSR & wanted to send a message about their determination to stand firm against communism
• | NATO, 1949

  • april 1949: US, UK, france & 9 other western countries joined to form NATO
  • they agreed that, if any member was attacked, all members of NATO would come to assistance
• • british foreign secretary, bevin, had played a major part in bringing this alliance & made a speech in british parliament in which he'd welcome US involvement
• • it wasn't inevitable that US would get involved directly in the defence of western europe
  • truman doctrine said US would offer assistance but a military allaince was beyonf this
  • NATO resulted in an ongoing US military presence in europe throughout cold war
• in which year was NATO formed

  1949
• when was NATO formed

  April 1949
• when was NATO formed?

  april 1949