Following world war ii, the mutual defense organization known as the north atlantic treaty organization was formed because the ussr had strengthened its armed forces. because the ussr was threatening to occupy east germany. because western european nations wanted to attack the ussr. because western european nations had turned to communism.

because the USSR had strengthened its armed forces.

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Thats when the USSR made the Warsaw pact other European coutries

Because USSR was threatening to occupy the East Germany.

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NATO was formed in 1949 for providing security against the Soviet Union. It was a peacetime military alliance. The founding members of NATO were Canada, the United States, and several Western European nations. The military coup in Czechoslovakia and the Berlin crisis of 1948 both were the key events which compelled the western European nations and USA to form NATO. The military coup was supported by USSR and the western European countries were afraid of the spread of communism in their territories.

evaluate the extent to which the seven years' war (french and indian war, 1754–1763) marked a turning point in american relations with great britain, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it.