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The 11 September attacks in the United States, a NATO member, invoked Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. It remains the only time since NATO's inception that an attack from an external party or state has been deemed an attack on all NATO members.
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.
During the Cold War, NATO operated as a check on the threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans, the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.
Two world wars, a Chinese-Japanese War, a Russian Revolution and the pestilence unleashed by these wars alone killed more than 150 million people, or close to 10% of the global population at the ...
Article 5 has been invoked only once in NATO history, after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The invocation was confirmed on 4 October 2001, when NATO determined that the attacks were indeed eligible under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty. [ 53 ]
The Ukraine war is a wake-up call for NATO to stockpile more ammunition. ... The Ukraine war has been marked by heavy losses of armored vehicles and artillery, as well as massive expenditure of ...
NATO countries also held 176 other national and multinational exercises. [39] The exerises included the following: DEFENDER-Europe 20. U.S.-led multinational exercise including NATO participation. Included 20,000 soldiers deployed directly from the U.S. to Europe. [40] Dynamic Mongoose 20. NATO-led. 29 June to 10 July 2020 in the High North.
By any standard, NATO has been a huge success. There has been no major European war involving Germany since World War II (Germany has been “kept down”) and Russia’s sphere of influence in ...