can sum 1 describe what nato and who it was durring the cold war?

Answer 1

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949, as an alliance to counter the growing threat of the Soviet Union. It consists of most of the Democracies of Europe, the United States, and Canada.

Answer 2

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization( NATO) is an alliance of 26 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in 1949. In accordance with the Treaty, the fundamental role of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means. NATO is playing an increasingly important role in crisis management and peacekeeping.

NATO provides a forum in which the United States, Canada and European countries can consult together on security issues of common concern and take joint action and address them.

NATO went through a transformation during the cold war where it evolved from a US dominated military alliance of the 50's to a more political relationship in which the European allies loomed larger than they had in NATO's first 10 years.
The Cold War's hold over the alliance dissipated after the Berlin and Cuban crises.

Answer 3

NATO's development during the Cold War can be divided into four main periods: (1) NATO's initial organization in 1949–55; (2) building the alliance's strength from 1955 to 1967; (3) the 1967–79 period of détente; and (4) increasing tensions from 1979 to the late 1980s. The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Answer 4

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)is a military alliance established on 4 April 1949 by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium,[3] the organisation establishes a system of collective security, whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
The unity of NATO was breached early on in its history, with a crisis occurring during Charles de Gaulle's presidency of France from 1958 onward. De Gaulle protested the United States' hegemonical role in the organisation and protested what he perceived as a special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. In a memorandum he sent on 17 September 1958 to President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, he argued for the creation of a tripartite directorate that would put France on an equal footing with the United States and the United Kingdom, and also for the expansion of NATO's coverage to include geographical areas of interest to France.

Considering the response he was given to be unsatisfactory, de Gaulle started pursuing an independent defence for his country. France withdrew its Mediterranean fleet from NATO command on March 11, 1959, and pursued an independent nuclear programme. In June 1959, de Gaulle banned the stationing of foreign nuclear weapons on French soil, which caused the United States to transfer 200 military aircraft out of France; on February 13, 1960, France tested its first nuclear bomb.

Though France showed solidarity with the rest of NATO during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, de Gaulle continued his pursuit of an independent defence by also removing the Atlantic and Channel fleets of France from NATO command. In 1966 all French armed forces were removed from NATO’s integrated military command and all non-French NATO troops were asked to leave France. This precipitated the relocation of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) from Paris to Brussels, Belgium, by 16 October 1967. In Belgium, NATO also is based in Casteau in South Brussels. France rejoined NATO's military command in 1993.

Answer 5

North American Treaty Organization (NATO). The USA aligned western European countries, and Canada against the Soviet aligned eastern European countries (and the eastern part of Germany). Formed after WWII.