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    The NATO Alliance was signed on April 4, 1949 in Washington D.C. by the United States, Canada, and several Western European countries to unite against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The founding members agreed that an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all. Additional countries were invited or joined NATO over the following years, including Germany and Greece. In response, the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries formed the opposing Warsaw Pact in 1955 during the height of Cold War tensions.

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    The NATO Alliance was signed on April 4, 1949 in Washington D.C. by the United States, Canada, and several Western European countries to unite against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The founding members agreed that an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all. Additional countries were invited or joined NATO over the following years, including Germany and Greece. In response, the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries formed the opposing Warsaw Pact in 1955 during the height of Cold War tensions.

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    NATO Initial Research

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    The NATO Alliance was signed on April 4, 1949 in Washington D.C. by the United States, Canada, and several Western European countries to unite against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The founding members agreed that an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all. Additional countries were invited or joined NATO over the following years, including Germany and Greece. In response, the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries formed the opposing Warsaw Pact in 1955 during the height of Cold War tensions.

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    NATO Alliance is Signed

    Purpose
    - to unite Western countries during the cold war
    - brought all “similarly-minded” countries together during tense times
    following WWII
    - brought together “free and sovereign countries” to create a security
    system
    - attack against one country was considered an attack on them all
    Founding Members
    o Belgium
    o Canada
    o France
    o Luxembourg
    o Netherlands
    o UK
    o USA

    - Invited on March 15, 1949


    o Denmark
    o Iceland
    o Italy
    o Norway
    o Portugal
    - Joined Feb. 18, 1952
    o Greece
    o Turkey
    - Joined May 9, 1955
    o Germany
    - No new members until 1982
    Signing the Treaty
    - The treaty was signed on April 4, 1949 in Washington D.C.
    - Organization included 7 negotiating powers, plus 5 countries invited later
    - Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as Supreme
    Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) shortly after, in 1950.
    Warsaw Pact
    - Pact signed in 1955, lasted until end of Cold War
    - was created as a form of opposition to NATO (didn’t agree with NATO’s
    views)
    - Founding Members
    o Albania
    o Bulgeria
    o German Democratic Republic
    o Hungary
    o Poland
    o Romania
    o Soviet Union
    Bibliography

    *must be put into MLA after!*


    http://www.nato.int/docu/update/45-49/1949e.htm

    *found this after, look here for more info to add*


    http://www.nato.int/docu/nato-trans/html_en/nato_trans01.html

    http://www.dipity.com/timeline/Nato-Founding-Members

    http://www.warsaw-life.com/poland/warsaw-pact

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