The formation of NATO in 1949 increased tension between the USA and the USSR. It was mainly a defensive measure to protect the USA and their Western Allies from any military attack from the USSR. It stated that military force would be used to defend the Western Allies. The USSR felt threatened by this, especially as five more devisions of US troops were stationed in West Germany. This led to the formation of the Warsaw Pact in 1955 and increased tensions between the West and East.
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 is an intergovernmental military alliance led by the United States during the Cold War
by the NATO.
The NATO became a peacekeeping organization
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Ireland is not a member of NATO
No, it was formed after World War II in 1949.
To counter the Soviet's Warsaw Pact forces in Europe. WP was their NATO.
In 1952 Greece joined NATO