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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NATO is an international political and military affiliation focused on consultation and cooperation for the mutual security and safety of member nations and surrounding nations. Operating with diplomatic and military arms, it seeks to resolve disputes in as peaceful a manner as possible, while simultaneously maintaining troops to enforce peaceful intents.
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Why did the number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?
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NATO is a treaty based around western democracies opposed to totalitarian regimes. NATO was formed to combat the Soviet Union and the treaty it maintained with its satellites until the nation fell apart, the Warsaw Pact. This alliance was meant as a protective force to prevent communism from taking over any of the countries included in the treaty.
How did NATO cause the cold war?
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It led to the Cold WAr because the Soviet Unions government didnt agree to all of NATOs terms and policies.
+++ It goes a lot further than that. The USSR did far more than disagree with NATO!
Its stated desire, based on the theories of Karl Marx and others, was world domination under Communism, a totalitarian system - Russia's own or if that was not possible, then of her political allies. The West was fundamentally opposed, believing in a world of democratic nations.
The end of World War Two saw Europe carved up by a treaty between East (Soviet-led Communist bloc) and West (Western European nations, the UK and its Commonwealth, USA and many others).
Eastern Europe became part of a new Russian Empire.
Germany was divided, with Berlin an enclave within the Soviet half of the country, and itself split into E and W by a border that became physical in the early 1960s by the ruthless and almost-overnight erection of the fortified Berlin Wall. West Germany established her own capital in Bonn.
The USSR was basically a military machine, and the West responded in kind, hence the Cold War in which both blocs faced up to each with considerable bluster, mutual spying, heavy re-armament and the ever-present, terrifying threat of nuclear war. Such war - World War Three as it would have been - nearly became reality when the USA spotted the USSR installing missiles on the latter's ally, Cuba. For some days the whole world watched nervously as the US ordered the USSR to remove them. Luckily the Kremlin backed down, and took their missiles back home.
NATO, led principally by the Pentagon, is the West's military alliance that developed in those days, and though largely an American arrangement its members included most Western European nations, including the UK.
It is not true to blame NATO for the Cold War: a war needs both sides, and that was definitely the case here.
Is Algeria member of the NATO?
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Yes, but since the days of Charles de Gaulle it has been outside the unified command structure of NATO.
When did Canada become a part of NATO?
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Canada is a founding member of NATO. At the close of WWII, Canada had the third largest navy in the world. Canada's primary NATO role (in a time of large-scale warfare) is securing shipping lanes between North America and the U.K./Western Europe.
Which concept is best illustrated by the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO?
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Collective Security
Was Spain an original member of NATO?
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The original members were: UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands + Luxembourg which signed the Treaty of Brusses in March 1948.
How often does the NATO headquarters meet?
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Sadly, that information will almost certainly be revealed.
How does NATO work?
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation or NATO is an organisation first established in 1949 by a treaty signed by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Holland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, the UK and the USA. Greece and Turkey became member in 1952, West Germany in 1955 and Spain in 1982. Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary joined in 1999.
NATO was established with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, as the political and military alliance which is intended to provide common security for all its member nations. The senior military authority in NATO, under the NATO Council and DPC is the Military Committee comprising the chief of defence staffs of each member country other than Iceland which has no army.
Why did NATO bomb Serbia in 1999?
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Almost every NATO member(at the time), except Luxemburg and Iceland (don't have airforces) and Greece (political reasons). Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland also aren't on the list (they become members only 12 days before campaign), but at the end of the war, for example, Czech Republic send field hospital unit. So, NATO countries who bombed Serbia are: - USA (most present) - Belgium - Canada - Denmark - France - Germany - Italy - United Kingdom - Norway - Netherlands - Portugal - Spain - Turkey
Did NATO disband when the Cold War ended?
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NATO is currently leading operations in Libya, and its common defence clause was invoked for the first time after the 9/11 attacks, with troops from all NATO countries joining the war in Afghanistan in 2001.
NATO is still expanding its membership in Eastern and Central Europe, with Albania and Croatia the newest members, joining in 2009.
Why isn't Israel a NATO member?
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Cause it's the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as in a pact only between the US and it's European and North American allies and even though Israel is a US ally it is not a European country.
Was NATO a military alliance?
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More or less it is a military and political alliance. North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed for the safety of those involved so I would say that it was formed mostly for military reasons.
What is the 19th codeword in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
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The NATO phonetic alphabet doesn't have any codewords for numbers, only for letters of the alphabet.
Who was involved in the first NATO summit?
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949. It forms a collective defense and its member states agree to a combined effort in response to any threat. Original members were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The First Nato Secretary General, Lord Ismay, described the NATO goal as "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."
What is the difference between a .223 round and a 5.56 NATO round?
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Shank (.223 Remington) - 0.4370 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.4370 / (Difference) - 0.0000
Base Diameter (.223 Remington) - 0.3760 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.3780 / (Difference) - 0.0020
Shoulder Diameter (.223 Remington) - 0.3553 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.3560 / (Difference) - 0.0007
Neck-2 (.223 Remington) - 0.2550 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.2550 / (Difference) - 0.0000
Neck-2/Case Mouth (.223 Remington) - 0.2540 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.2550 / (Difference) - 0.0010
Freebore Diameter (.223 Remington) - 0.2245 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.2270 / (Difference) - 0.0025
Pilot Diameter (.223 Remington) - 0.2180 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.2180 / (Difference) - 0.0000
Base-to-Case Mouth (.223 Remington) - 1.7720 / (NATO 5.56) - 1.7750 / (Difference) - 0.0030
Base-to-Shoulder (.223 Remington) - 1.2340 / (NATO 5.56) - 1.2380 / (Difference) - 0.0040
Neck Length (.223 Remington) - 0.2200 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.2180 / (Difference) - -0.0020
Freebore Length (.223 Remington) - 0.0250 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.0500 / (Difference) - 0.0250
Rim/Belt Thickness (.223 Remington) - 0.2000 / (NATO 5.56) - 0.2000 / (Difference) - 0.0000
Shoulder Angle (Degrees) (.223 Remington) - 23.0 / (NATO 5.56) - 23.0 / (Difference) - 0.0
Throat Angle (Degrees) (.223 Remington) - 3.1 / (NATO 5.56) - 2.5 / (Difference) - -0.6
What notable countries in Western Europe are not members of NATO and why?
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Finland is not a member, because of the possibility of strained relations with Russia. Many countries feel aligning with Russia is more to their benefit.
Sweden is not a member, because it wants to remain neutral in war.
Serbia and Montenegro was to become a member in 2005, but Serbia is not a member because of NATO's support of Kosovo in 2008.
How did the motivations for the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization differ from those for the establishment of the United Nations?
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The United Nations (UN) was established as a way for nations to resolve differences and disputes through dialogue in a peaceful non-violent fashion.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was organized as a defense pact created during the Cold War to protect against military aggression form nations that are not members of NATO, especially the Soviet Union.
The Warsaw Pact consisting of the Soviet Union and its seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe was a defense pact to counter the creation of NATO.
Which NATO countries were not in Europe?
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Originally the only two countries not in Europe were the United States and Canada
What was NATO the role of NATO?
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NATO in Brief
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and was an alliance of nations who stood against communism. The major member states included the United Kingdom and United States, France, West Germany and Canada. The official treaty the name of the organisation refers to was a mutual assistance pact against the Communist Block. This meant if any of the NATO member states was attacked by a country in the Warsaw Pact (the communist version of NATO) then the other countries would give military and economic assistance. The treaty directly meant the communist countries although since then the NATO alliance has committed itself to military campaigns else where in the world, most recently during the Libyan Civil War.
Cold War NATO
The NATO of the Cold War was one which owed its existence to a post-war nervous and increasingly paranoid America, who believing that communism would spread through out Europe under Stalin and so created the alliance to combat the threat.
Europe, at the time, was devastated by the recently ended Second World War which had destroyed much of the infrastructure of the continent and and completely wiped out industry in Germany. The first challenge for NATO was to rebuild Europe and produce adequate defences against the powerful Soviet Army in the East which had just defeated Hitler. The first test of United Nations' and NATO power came in 1948 when Stalin blockaded Berlin for 11 months. During this period NATO members flew supplies in to Berlin to feed the starving Germans. On the 12th May 1949, Stalin stopped the blockade and allowed supplies in to the city by road again. Although the Berlin Blockade was over and NATO power and promises looked good, the USSR now had built and tested their first nuclear weapon meaning America wasn't the only country in the world with "the bomb!"
Modern NATO
The NATO of today is very different to the NATO of the Berlin Blockade. Today the alliance stands as almost the military wing of the United Nations and is consulted on matters regarding international security. NATO troops led the way in to Iraq in August 1990 and Afghanistan in October 2001. It now includes 28 nations from around the Atlantic and from across Europe, even crossing in to the communist block with countries such as Albania (communist 1944-1992), Hungary (communist 1947-1989) and Poland (communist 1945-1989). This shows the amount of cooperation between the countries with in Europe to allow former enemies in to their alliance. NATO has and forever will protect the people within its alliance and its promises will always be kept.
The North Atlantic Council of NATO is made up of people who represent what?
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member countries
