The United States joined Britain, France, Canada, Denmark, Portugal, Norway, Belgium, Iceland, Luxembourg, Italy, and the Netherlands in 1949 to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ), the United States ' first " entangling " European alliance in 170 years.

Powell claimed that the debate was now more political than military ; that Britain did not possess an independent deterrent and that through NATO Britain was tied to the nuclear deterrence theory of the United States.

Kohl agreed, although less than 20 % of West Germans supported remaining within NATO ; he also wished to avoid a neutral Germany, as he believed that would destroy NATO, cause the United States and Canada to leave Europe, and Britain and France would form an alliance.

During their imprisonment, Farrell theorizes that there is no worldwide pandemic, and that only Great Britain has been quarantined, which is proved when a plane flies over, possibly a NATO plane scouting the land.

However, a Resolution proposed by Russia condemning the bombing was defeated in the Security Council 12-3, with only Russia, China, and Namibia voting in favor while Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, Malaysia, and Slovenia, along with NATO members the US, Britain, France, Canada, and Netherlands voted against it.

This line-up was the most straightforwardly " punk " version of ATV, although they combined short fast songs with extended pieces such as " Alternatives To NATO ", in which Perry read an anarchist political text and envisaged the possibility of a Soviet invasion of Britain.

On 2 April 1993, NATO troops from Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Germany, and Italy as well as the United States launched Operation Deny Flight, a no-fly zone for Serbian aircraft over Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The first major strain among the NATO alliance occurred in 1956 when Eisenhower forced Britain and France to retreat from their invasion of Egypt ( with Israel ) which was intended to get back their ownership of the Suez Canal.

In the 1980s, NATO countries signed a Memorandum of Agreement that the United States would develop a medium-range air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-7 Sparrow, while Britain and Germany would develop a short-range air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder.

In the 1980s, NATO countries signed a Memorandum of Agreement that the United States would develop a medium-range air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-7 Sparrow, while Britain and Germany would develop a short-range air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder.

Over the course of the series, it is revealed that Potarneyland had recently been granted independence from Great Britain, and had joined NATO because the Potanis considered it to be a " free gift scheme ".

At noon on May 6, 1955, Conant, along with the high commissioners from Britain and France, signed the documents ending Allied control of West Germany, admitting it to NATO, and allowing it re-arm.

Adding to the sense of uncertainty, France and Britain remained at odds over a plan for NATO to take over command of military operations when the US winds down its involvement, a transition expected in days.

However, the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) in 1949 ( which linked Canada and the United States into a collective security agreement with Britain and Western Europe ) helped to alleviate these concerns.

As part of this mission, USAFE trains and equips U. S. Air Force units pledged to NATO, maintaining combat-ready wings based from Great Britain to Turkey.

It was provoked by NATO ’ s decision in December 1979 to respond to a Soviet upgrading of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe with its own nuclear modernisation – cruise and Pershing II missiles to be deployed in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.

Another global organisation, known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ( NATO ), was established on 4 April 1949 with Britain one of its founding members.

More reforms of the armed forces took place with the 1957 Defence White Paper, which saw further reductions implemented ; the Government realised after the debacle of the Suez War that Britain was no longer a global superpower and decided to withdraw from most of its commitments in the world, limiting the armed forces to concentrating on NATO, with an increased reliance upon nuclear weapons.

Many vehicles formerly used by the U. S., Britain and France were exported to NATO allies and third world countries.

Many Greek Cypriots have long believed that the NATO powers, notably Britain and America, were against the idea of an independent Cyprus because of fears that it could fall into communist hands and become a " Mediterranean Cuba ".

Against the majority of Liberal Party members he strongly supported NATO and nuclear weapons, describing a separate European non-nuclear defence as ' akin to a behaving like a virgin in a brothel ', although he supported demands for ' dual key control ' of United States cruise missiles based in Britain.

The wing was the first unit of F-86's assigned to NATO and the first foreign air unit to participate in the peacetime air defense of Great Britain.

France became a nuclear power and since the 1990s its military action is most often seen in cooperation with NATO and its European partners.

* 2003 – France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.

During his chancellorship, the West Germany economy grew quickly, and West Germany established friendly relations with France, participated in the emerging European Union, established the country's armed forces ( the Bundeswehr ), and became a pillar of NATO as well as firm ally of the United States.

Since World War II France has been a leading member in the UN, the European Union and NATO, and remains a strong economic, cultural, military and political influence in the 21st century.

He worked to restore the West German economy from the destruction in World War II to a central position in Europe, rebuilt its army and came to terms with France, helped make possible Western European unification, opposed rival East Germany, and made his nation a member of NATO and a firm ally of the United States.

* 1948 – The Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.

Nations that permit gay people to serve openly in the military include the 4 of the 5 members of the UN Security Council ( United States, United Kingdom, France, and Russia ), the Republic of China ( Taiwan ), Australia, Israel, Argentina, and all NATO members excluding Turkey.

French demographer, anthropologist and historian Alfred Sauvy, in an article published in the French magazine L ' Observateur, August 14, 1952, coined the term Third World, referring to countries that were unaligned with either the Communist Soviet bloc or the Capitalist NATO bloc during the Cold War His usage was a reference to the Third Estate, the commoners of France who, before and during the French Revolution, opposed priests and nobles, who composed the First Estate and Second Estate, respectively.

This claim was spoken when De Gaulle decided to ban all NATO aircraft bases from France.

The civilian governments of most countries in the game have been shattered ( France and Belgium quit NATO and thus largely escaped war damage ,) with the US government splitting into the civilian and military governments, as has the military chain of command, supply lines, etc.

Seeking to prevent Soviet forces from invading France and causing the rest of Western Europe to fall, NATO halts the Soviet advance by airbursting three low-yield nuclear weapons over advancing Soviet troops.

* March 7 – Charles De Gaulle asks U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson for negotiations about the state of NATO equipment in France.

** France formally leaves NATO.

Two of De Gaulle ’ s decisions stiffened the opposition: first, his denial of EEC membership to the United Kingdom in January 1963 ; secondly, France ’ s retreat from the integrated military structure of NATO in 1966.

US diplomatic pressure to bring Iraq to compliance quickly created a diplomatic crisis in the UN, where some were in agreement with the US position, while others dissented, notably the permanent security council members France, Russia and the People's Republic of China, and fellow NATO members Germany and Belgium.

It was active as a NATO Tactical Missile Wing in France during the mid-1960s and again at Wueschheim Air Station, north of Hahn Air Base ( 1985-1990 ).

On 22 November 1954, the 388 FBW relocated to its planned NATO base at Etain-Rouvres Air Base, France.

With the departure of the 388th to France and TAC's commitment to NATO completed, the 312th Fighter-Bomber Wing was activated at Clovis AFB on 1 October 1954 as a permanent organization.

From April 1956 to October 1957 the 312th TFW rotated tactical squadrons to either Châteauroux-Déols Air Base or Etain-Rouvres Air Base in France, for six month deployments to NATO.

The king reconciled long standing historic tensions with the Netherlands and cultivated relationships with France and Germany which led directly to Spain's entry into the European Community and into NATO.