History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1816 short lesson, about 20 seconds
NATO
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The idea
In nineteen forty-nine the United States, Britain and France joined Canada and eight Western European nations in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, pledging mutual defence against attack.
In practice
Twelve nations, from Iceland to Italy, as the Yawp lists them.
Where people slip
The Yawp notes the Soviet Union formalised its own alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in nineteen fifty-five.
Your place on the trail
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