USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

KOREAS PARTITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Use the quotation below to answer the question that follows."To keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down."-General Hastings IsmaySecretary General Ismay was describing the purposes of which organization, formed in the mid-twentieth century?
A
the Warsaw Pact
B
the United Nations
C
the League of Nations
D
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While Secretary General, Ismay is also credited as having been the first person to say that the purpose of NATO was “to keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down, ” a saying that has since become a common way to describe the dynamics of NATO.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay KG GCB CH DSO PC (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965), nicknamed Pug, was a British Indian Army officer and diplomat. He was Winston Churchill’s chief military assistant during the Second World War and he was the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957.

Detailed explanation-3: -1952 – 1957. Lord Ismay was the first Secretary General of NATO. He was appointed to the post on March 13, 1952, and took up office both as Secretary General of the Organisation and as Vice-Chairman of the North Atlantic Council on April 4, 1952, the third anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron Ismay, (born June 21, 1887, Naini Tāl, India-died December 17, 1965, Broadway, Worcestershire, England), British soldier who became Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s closest military adviser during World War II and participated in most major policy decisions of the Allied powers.

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