NATO has a total of 29 member
countries. 14 of those member countries were once behind the Iron Curtain. 11
of those member countries were once part of the Warsaw Pact (the Communist
version of NATO.) 3 of those member countries were once part of the Soviet
Union (the reason NATO was created.)
NATO (with the United States taking the lead) won the Cold War and saw the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
NATO (with the United States taking the lead) won the Cold War and saw the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Since the
Cold War ended in 1991: NATO was/is in Bosnia (1992-2004), Serbia (1999),
Kosovo (1999-Present), Afghanistan (2001-Present), Pakistan (2005-2006),
Somalia (1999-2016), Yemen (1999-2016), Libya (2011) Iraq (2004-2011) and
Turkey (2012-Present.)
Member Countries and date admitted:
April 4, 1949: the US, the UK,
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France (withdrew from 1966-2009), Iceland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal.
1952: Greece and Turkey
1955: West Germany
1982: Spain
1990: East Germany (when it reunited with
West Germany)
1999: the Czech
Republic, Hungary and Poland
2004:
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
2009: Albania and Croatia
2017: Montenegro
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