Question

NATO was created in 1949 by 12 countries to

Answer 1

provide collective security against the Soviet Union

Answer 2

NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called The North Atlantic Alliance. It was created to ensures US military protection for the Europeans in case of aggression, but above all it gives the USA supremacy over the western bloc.

NATO was founded in 1949 in Washington but became less prominent after the end of the cold war.