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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - 1949

Fearful that western European nations could not resist a Soviet attack from eastern Europe, President Truman signed a treaty that created a military alliance (a pact between states in a common cause) known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO linked the United States and western Europe in such a way that, as Truman said, “an armed attack against one or more of the [nations] in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.” Members of NATO in 1949 were Canada, the United States, Great Britain, France, Iceland, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and Italy. Greece and

Turkey joined the alliance in 1952, and East Germany was admitted in 1954

Historical Context: Led by Mao Zedong, the Chinese Communists defeated the Chinese nationalists and declared the People’s Republic of China.

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1113777

Communist Victory in China (1949)

In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi), leader of the Chinese Nationalist government, sought to destroy the Chinese Communist forces under Mao Zedong. In 1931, the Japanese invaded Manchuria and in 1936 invaded China. Faced with this crisis, the Chinese Nationalists and Communists fought the invader separately. But after the defeat of Japan in 1945, the civil war continued. With the support of the peasants Mao’s growing army inflicted one defeat after another on the Nationalists. By December 1949 Chiang Kai-shek and his followers fled to the island of Formosa (Taiwan) and established the Nationalist government there. The communist Chinese led by Mao now controlled all of mainland China. The United States, however, continued to recognize Chiang’s government on Taiwan as the “legitimate” government of China.