WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Britain, France, the United States, Canada, and eight other western European countries established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949. In 1955, the Soviet Union responded by created the Warsaw Pact.

Detailed explanation-2: -The North Atlantic Alliance was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why was NATO established? By 1949, Eastern European countries were communist. There was a fear that the USSR would attack a Western European country to spread communism. Communist countries were established in China and North Korea.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.