The 12 original members were countries of North America and Europe:
- The US
- Canada
- Belgium
- The Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- France
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Norway
- Iceland
- Italy
* France left NATO from 1959 to 2009, although participating in several NATO exercises.
E-JAM
The original NATO members were:BelgiumCanadaDenmarkFranceIcelandItalyLuxembourgNetherlandsNorwayPortugalUnited KingdomUnited States.
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The original members were: UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands + Luxembourg which signed the Treaty of Brusses in March 1948.
The original North Atlantic Treaty was signed in April of 1949 (not 1948), and the original signing members included:BelgiumCanadaDenmarkFranceIcelandItalyLuxembourgNetherlandsNorwayPortugalUnited KingdomUnited States of America
The UK was one of NATO's original members upon its formation on the 4th of April, 1949.
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.
Africa's countries are not members of NATO.
The US was a founding member of NATO in 1949. The US, Canada, the UK, France, Iceland, Norway, Italy and 4 other nations were original members.
The membership of NATO was expanded as new NATO to include new members.
As Turkey is a NATO member, you can count all the NATO members most importantly U.S.
The original intention of NATO was to create a mutual defense pact against the Soviet Union. NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.