[DOC] [TLE] West Germany - Wikipedia [PAR] West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany 
or FRG in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 to German 
reunification on 3 October 1990. ... The Federal Republic of Germany was 
established from eleven states .... Millions of Germans were expelled and 
replaced by Poles. [DOC] [TLE] NATO History [PAR] It is often said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in ... Then, 
in reaction to the democratic consolidation of West Germany, the ... in the Soviet 
detonation of an atomic bomb in 1949 and in the outbreak of the Korean War in 
1950. ... Simultaneously, "Massive Retaliation allowed Alliance members to 
focus... [DOC] [TLE] North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Britannica.com [PAR] NATO military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the ... 
and Turkey (1952); West Germany (1955; from 1990 as Germany); Spain (1982); 
the ... but remained a member of the organization; it resumed its position in 
NATO's ... in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense 
recognized by... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Federal Republic of Germany - Nations Online [PAR] The Federal Republic of Germany is founded in the west with the promulgation of 
... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) is founded in the eastern zone on 7 
October 1949. ... It is one of the founding members of the European Coal and 
Steel ... In 1955, the Federal Republic joins NATO, the western defense alliance. [DOC] [TLE] Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact - Cold War - HISTORY.com [PAR] In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United 
States ... nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 
1955. ... era and gained new member nations in Eastern Europe during the late 
1990s. ... West Germany formally joined NATO on May 5, 1955, and the Warsaw 
Pact... [DOC] [TLE] West Germany - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Aug 8, 2013 ... The Federal Republic of Germany was established after World War II in ... On 
October 3, 1990, the German Democratic Republic officially ceased to exist. .... to 
the currency reform of 1948 which replaced the Reichsmark with the ... West 
Germany joined NATO, established in 1949 for the defense of Europe. [DOC] [TLE] The Slow Unraveling of NATO - Geopolitical Futures [PAR] the World War II alliance that defeated Germany, although expanded and 
focused on ... NATO was created not only to bind together Western Europe, but to 
create a .... The alliance had 12 founding members: the U.S., Canada, .... 
replacing the large numbers of territorial defense units that existed to protect 
Western Europe. [DOC] [TLE] The Western Alliance After the Cold War: CQR [PAR] September 14, 1990 ... West Germany, whose constitution prohibits the 
deployment of forces outside Europe, sent ships to the eastern Mediterranean to 
replace U.S. ships that were ... 10 foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, alliance 
members rejected the ... Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, NATO's founding 
document,... [DOC] [TLE] North Atlantic Treaty Organization facts, information, pictures ... [PAR] The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded on 4 April 1949 in .... 
joining the European nations in talks about setting up a North Atlantic defensive 
alliance. ..... By way of West German WEU membership, France and the other 
member ... of the EDCtherefore did not commence before the 1980s and 1990s
. [DOC] [TLE] NATO [PAR] North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), regional defence alliance, formed 
under Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4, 1949. ... In 1990 the 
newly unified Germany replaced West Germany as a NATO member. ... Article 5 
promises the use of the members' armed forces for collective self-defence. 
Article 6... [DOC] [TLE] North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Scribd [PAR] In 1990 the newly unified Germany replaced West Germany as a NATO member. 
... and formed the Western Union defensive alliance by the Brussels Treaty of 
1948. ... that culminated in the North Atlantic Treaty of Washington in April 1949.

Question: In 1990, Germany replaced West Germany as a member of this defense alliance founded in 1949
Answer: NATO