Question

Which of the following represents the initial reason why NATO was formed?

Answer 1

interest in preventing future wars led to creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, which guaranteed the mutual defense of any member nation that was attacked by a non-member.

Answer 2

To provide for the mutual defense of any member nation against an attack by a non-member

To form an agreement between Western democracies never to declare war on each other

Step-by-step explanation:

These are the reasons because they just came out of WW2 and they didn't want a war between themselves breaking out and it was also to protect against communism. It was not the other persons answer