GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The foundations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ) were officially laid down on 4 April 1949 with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, more popularly known as the Washington Treaty.

Detailed explanation-2: -The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -Its purpose was to secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom – all of this in the context of countering the threat posed at the time by the Soviet Union. The Alliance’s founding treaty was signed in Washington in 1949 by a dozen European and North American countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley watch as Secretary of State Dean Acheson signs the North Atlantic Treaty, 4 April 1949.