NATO

__Jeremy Daoussis__ : **__NATO__**
June, 15th, 2011

**__The Formation of NATO, 1949:__** - Soon after, when the Soviets began withdrawing from other countries around the world, it became evident that they were not going to go quietly. The USSR demanded oil concessions from Iran in exchange for withdrawal, but did not get them. In a similar manner, the Soviet leaders demanded that Turkey allow them to utilize its resources to spy on the western world. The Soviets also supported a communist revolution in Greece that led to a bloody civil war. - The expansion of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe and the threats against Greece and Turkey aroused growing alarm throughout Western Europe. As a consequence, in April 1949, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, 12 nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to coordinate the military defences of member nations against possible Soviet aggression. - In April 1949, ten West European countries and the United States and Canada, sign the Washington Treaty, which creates the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), an alliance which brings together free and sovereign countries in order to create a collective security system.

 **__Reolutions of the Pact:__** - The renunciation of war except as provided by the United Nations Charter - Mutual assistance in the event of aggression on any member. An attack upon one is an attack upon all. - The fact of aggression to be determined by the signatory state involved. - It was to be a 20 year treaty - NATO set up permanent military headquarters at Paris to which member states contributed armed forces.

**__Resources:__** [] [] [] [] The Student Work Book, Page 133