NATO- NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY

ORGANIZATION

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military

alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the
Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949, which sought to create a
counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern
Europe after World War II.
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