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Protests against the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact were also held in Tallinn and Riga in 1987. In 1988, for the first time, such protests were sanctioned by the Soviet authorities and did not end in arrests. [8] The activists planned an especially large protest for the 50th anniversary of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1989.
The Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) was a NATO military formation comprising five Army Corps from five NATO member nations. During the Cold War NORTHAG was NATO's forward defence in the Northern half of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
World map of communist and socialist countries in 1985. ... 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in Beijing, ... NATO holds its 12th summit in Rome.
The 56th Field Artillery Command was organized to always report directly to the highest commander in Europe at the time. Therefore, during peacetime, it reported to the United States Army Europe, whereas, during heightened tension or war, command passed to NATO, with Allied Air Forces Central Europe as the next higher headquarters. [3]
The December 1989 NATO summit was a summit held for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The summit was held in Brussels , Belgium. This summit was the tenth NATO summit to bring world leaders from NATO together, which marked the 40th anniversary of the formation of NATO.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests: The 10 metres (33 ft) high Goddess of Democracy statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators. NATO agrees to talks with the Soviet Union on reducing the number of short-range nuclear weapons in Europe.
Map of NATO enlargement (1952–present). The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) begins in the immediate aftermath of World War II.In 1947, the United Kingdom and France signed the Treaty of Dunkirk and the United States set out the Truman Doctrine, the former to defend against a potential German attack and the latter to counter Soviet expansion.
On 17 November 1989 (International Students' Day), riot police suppressed a student demonstration in Prague. [4] The event marked the 50th anniversary of a violently suppressed demonstration against the Nazi storming of Prague University in 1939 where 1,200 students were arrested and 9 killed (see Origin of International Students' Day ).