NATO (1949-)

In April 1949, NATO - which stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed by several western powers.

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Logo of the Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance

[allgood]

*when you try to join a organization that is supposed to defend from you*

[TheVenice]

The USA 1939: nah man we gon stay neutral

Also the USA 10 years later:

[aoiujdsfasfjioasfo]

Soviet Union joining Nato?
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[muhammadrahmanadinoto]

NATO rejecting the USSR from joining their alliance is basically like me trying to join in with the cool kids.

[T-Rex-nmse]

Fun fact: most eastern bloc nations are now a part of NATO such as Poland, Hungary and Romania for example.

[asaschuemann]

NATO: "Warsaw Pact? more like War-See-You-Later Pact!"

[martianemperor]

Warsaw Pact next please! Or you go to GULAG

[blacktemplar]

"says Holland instead of the Netherlands"

"Dutch people"
*TRIGGERED*

[vaclavcervinka]

You forgot to mention an important fact, that after the fall of Warsaw Pact some of its former members joined NATO and are integral part of it today.

[oofree]

In ww2 Lichtenstein sent it’s entire army of 88 men to fight the germans

[Not-So-Bulletproof]

Sweden: Hey I should join NAT--
Russia: *NO DON'T TOUCH THAT!*

[hfar_in_the_sky]

Fun fact: the term "third world country" originally referred almost exclusively to nations/factions who were not allied with either NATO or the Soviet States. It wasn't originally a term to refer to poverty stricken countries but rather countries who simply wished to remain neutral during the Cold War. For example Sweden was technically a "third world country" at one point, but they had a stable government and weren't poverty stricken.

The term "third world country" became mildly derogatory because most of these countries were still developing but also because some people in both the US and Russia felt these countries were being "cowardly" for not "picking a side" during the Cold War and the nuclear arms race. And "if only they had accepted (insert NATO or Soviet values here)** then life would have been better for them." It's kind of sad really.

[BlackoutFury]

its all fun and games until the title is updated to ''NATO (1949-2021)''







Edit: Can y'all keep your political bullshit away this comment is supposed to be a joke and not a debate if NATO is an US Imperial tool or not

[pulsifyshorts]

0:06 they would sign it with pen not with pencil because someone could erase it







Just saying....

[Michael-dibg]

Hmm I didn't know that the USSR tried to join NATO. Thanks Simple History for mentioning those little facts that my teacher wouldn’t have even bothered telling us.

[deuxforever]

i like it how you guys chose the correct Canadian Flag of the time.

[timsluis]

Simple history holland is called netherlands holland is two provinces of netherland north-holland and south-holland

[CaptainrdGaming]

A line from a famous gaint robot once said that:





"Democracy is Non-Negotiable."

[JonatasAdoM]

Nato: "You can't join us USSR, that would make me useless"

[EannaWithAFada]

Soviets: * keeps east Germany *
Germans: *_angree as hek_* 🇩🇪