Formation of N.A.T.O 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the (North) Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treatywhich was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which, Albania and Croatia, joined in April 2009. An additional 22 countries participate in NATO's "Partnership for Peace", with 15 other countries involved in institutionalized dialogue programs. The combined military spending of all NATO members constitutes over 70% of the world's defence spending.
Why was N.A.T.O Organization brought to the play? what was the main point of this Organization?
Reaction to theBerlin blockade
headquarters in brussels
Attack by Russia was seen as an attack on the entire organization
First military action take in 1994 in Bosnia
headquarters in brussels
Attack by Russia was seen as an attack on the entire organization
First military action take in 1994 in Bosnia
the formation of the Warsaw pact, 1955
Treaty of friendshp
The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance,more commonly referred to as the Warsaw Pact, was a mutual defense treaty between 8 communist States of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The founding treaty was established under the initiative of the Soviet Union and signed on 14 May 1955, in Warsaw. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CoMEcon), the regional economic organization for the communist States of Central and Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact was in part a Soviet military reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955, per the Paris Pacts of 1954.but was primarily motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe. which in turn (according to The Warsaw Pact's preamble) to maintain peace in Europe, guided by the objective points and principles of the Charter of the United Nations (1945)