Its agreed that a military alliance between Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg was a precursor for the NATO alliance. It was then revamped, and the NATO alliance formed with the founding members of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK and The United States.
It has since incorporated Germany, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Lativa, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Croatia and Albania are also expected to join, and Ukraine and Georgia are expected to receive invitations to join.
No, Romania was part of the Soviet bloc when NATO was founded in 1949.
West Germany joined NATO in 1955.
West Germany joined NATO in 1955.
West Germany joined NATO in 1955.
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Turkey is a member of NATO, but NATO is not "Turkey's Organization". It was an organization founded by the United States, the United Kingdom, and several Western European States.
12 countries originally founded NATO. These countries included: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States
NATO's role (when first founded) was to protect its member countries from the USSR. (Now Russia.) Since the USSR no longer exists, NATO's role is to protect the national sovereignty of its member countries.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed in the year of 1949.
The concept that allied nations agree to defend one another in the face of an invasion. NATO was founded on this idea. NATO wants to increase international solidarity to prevent conflicts.
When NATO was founded in 1949, the original members were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.