All about NATO you should know!!

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NATO was formed largely to counter the threat from the Soviet Union post World War II. The USSR had created its own military alliance in 1955 to counter NATO, called the Warsaw pact. Warsaw got disbanded with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 and several of Warsaw pact countries became NATO members.

All about NATO!

•   NATO's full form is North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
•   NATO is a military alliance that was formed in 1949 by 12 countries, including the US, Canada, the UK and France.
•   NATO alliance has a total of 30 member countries - 2 North American countries, 27 European countries and 1 Eurasian country.
•   An attack on one member state is considered as an attack on all
•   NATO's headquarters are located in located in Brussels, Belgium.
•   Russia wants NATO to bar Ukraine from joining NATO
•   Russia wants NATO to cease its military activities in Eastern Europe, claiming that the Western powers are using the alliance to encroach on Russia. NATO rejected this saying that only a small number of its member states actually share border with Russia.

List of NATO Member Countries

NATO Members	Joining Date
Albania	2009
Belgium	1949
Bulgaria	2004
Canada	1949
Croatia	2009
Czech Republic	1999
Denmark	1949
Estonia	2004
France	1949
Germany	1955
Greece	1952
Hungary	1999
Iceland	1949
Italy	1949
Latvia	2004
Lithuania	2004
Luxembourg	1949
Montenegro	2017
Netherlands	1949
North Macedonia	2020
Norway	1949
Poland	1999
Portugal	1949
Romania	2004
Slovakia	2004
Slovenia	2004
Spain	1982
Turkey	1952
The United Kingdom	1949
The United States	1949