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shared by Nick B on 26 Feb 14 - No Cached

In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
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The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955.
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Conflict between the Western nations (including the United States, Great Britain, France and other countries) and the Communist Eastern bloc (led by the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics or USSR) began almost as soon as the guns fell silent at the end of World War II (1939-45)
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U.S. and its Western allies sought ways to prevent further expansion of Communist influence on the European continent.
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NATO: The Western Nations Join Forces
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Warsaw Pact: The Communist Alliance
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shared by Nick B on 12 Mar 14 - No Cached

North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union
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Alliance’s creation was part of a broader effort to serve three purposes:
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deterring Soviet expansionism, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration.
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With this in mind, several Western European democracies came together to implement various projects for greater military cooperation and collective defence, including the creation of the Western Union in 1948, later to become the Western European Union in 1954.
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Accordingly, after much discussion and debate, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed on 4 April, 1949. I
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