USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dominated by the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact was established as a balance of power or counterweight to NATO.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 and represented a Soviet counterweight to NATO, composed of the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe.

Detailed explanation-5: -An International Security Hub: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is one of the world’s major international institutions.