South East Asian Treaty Organization. SEATO is an acronym, not an abbreviation.
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization SEATO: Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
SEATO - the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
SEATO was the Southeast Asian counterpart to NATO in Europe. It was an alliance of nations formed to prevent Communist expansion in Southeast Asia, but it was not as successful as NATO. South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fell to the Communists some twenty years after SEATO was created, and the organization was dissolved in the 1970's.
SEATO was the Southeast Asian counterpart to NATO in Europe. It was an alliance of nations formed to prevent Communist expansion in Southeast Asia, but it was not as successful as NATO. South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fell to the Communists some twenty years after SEATO was created, and the organization was dissolved in the 1970's.
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SEATO
SEATO allied the United States and seven other nations against Asian communism.
SEATO was actually formed around that time frame, and France was part of SEATO. SEATO was dissolved in about 1977 because France and Pakistan withdrew from SEATO. SEATO was formed to protect the free nations of South East Asia "Treaty Organization" from a communist attack. France had little to nothing to do with why and when SEATO was formed; communism had something to do with it.
The formation of Beringia created during the ice age formed the basis for this migration, Asian peoples just followed the large migrating animals and then worked their ways east and south.
The formation of Beringia created during the ice age formed the basis for this migration, Asian peoples just followed the large migrating animals and then worked their ways east and south.
What was the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)