North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949. NATO has members from 28 countries in Europe and North-America.
The Treaty of Brussels in 1948 is considered the precursor to the NATO agreement. The treaty and the Berlin Blockade was the reason for the establishing of the Western union's Defence Organization. But the participation of the United States was thought necessary in order to counter the military power of the USSR, and therefore they started talking about a new military alliance almost immediately and resulted in the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO).
It included 12 countries from Europe and North America. It was established because of fear of the Soviet and the communist's growing power in Europe
"The Parties of NATO agreed that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all. Consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence will assist the Party or Parties being attacked, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area."
The countries that founded NATO
• Belgium
• Canada
• Denmark
• France
• Iceland
• Italy
• Luxemburg
• Netherland/Holland
• Norway
• Portugal
• Great Britain
• USA
