WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 2022, the United States had the largest number of military personnel out of all North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, with 1.35 million troops. The country with the second largest number of military personnel was Turkey, with just around 447, 000 personnel.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 4 April 1949, the foreign ministers from 12 countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C.: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United States, as NATO’s largest military power, stationed materiel and tens of thousands of troops across Europe to support the defence of Western Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States is the country that has the highest military spending out of the NATO countries in all years from 2018 to 2022. In 2022, their military budget is estimated to be 821, 830 million dollars.