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In 1952 Greece joined NATO
Greece and Turkey joined NATO in 1952, three years after the alliance was founded in 1949. Their accession was part of NATO's strategy to counter Soviet influence in southeastern Europe during the Cold War. Other nations, such as Spain, joined later, with Spain becoming a member in 1982.
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The two NATO nations that lie east of the Iron Curtain are Poland and Hungary. Both countries were part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War but later joined NATO after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Their membership in NATO reflects their shift towards Western alliances and democratic governance.
NATO
NATO
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
The two NATO member nations that lie east of the Iron Curtain are Poland and the Czech Republic. These countries were part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War but later joined NATO in 1999, following the dissolution of the Iron Curtain and the end of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe.
NATO : North Atlantic Treaty Organization .
NATO did nothing to prevent the Cold War. NATO was created because of the Cold War and may have helped prevent it from becoming a hot war.
Answer this question… How did the establishment of NATO affect the Cold War?
NATO, established in 1949, originally included the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations such as the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. Countries that joined the Warsaw Pact, formed in 1955 as a response to NATO, included the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Over time, NATO expanded to include many former Warsaw Pact countries after the Cold War, while the Warsaw Pact was dissolved in 1991.