[DOC] [TLE] NATO - Topic: Member countries [PAR] Mar 10, 2016 ... In 1949, there were 12 founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, 
Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the ... The other member countries 
are: Greece and Turkey (1952), Germany (1955), ... However, France has chosen 
not to become a member of NATO's Nuclear Planning Group. [DOC] [TLE] NATO History [PAR] It is often said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in 
response to the ... of the Western Union in 1948, later to become the Western 
European Union in 1954. ... NATO soon gained a consolidated command 
structure with a military ... Simultaneously, "Massive Retaliation allowed Alliance 
members to focus... [DOC] [TLE] North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949 - Milestones in the ... [PAR] NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into ... a 
series of events caused the nations of Western Europe to become concerned 
about ... Attention also focused on elections in Italy as the communist party had 
made ... The Brussels Treaty signatories preferred that membership in the 
alliance be... [DOC] [TLE] NATO - Wikipedia [PAR] The North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is 
an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which 
was signed on 4 April 1949 ... Talks for a new military alliance resulted in the 
North Atlantic Treaty, which was signed in Washington, D.C. on 4 April 1949. It 
included... [DOC] [TLE] Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact - Cold War - HISTORY.com [PAR] The discussions between the Western nations concluded on April 4, 1949, when 
the foreign ... The original membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (
NATO) consisted of ... NATO formed the backbone of the West's military bulwark 
against the USSR and its allies for the ... Warsaw Pact: The Communist Alliance. [DOC] [TLE] North Atlantic Treaty Organization facts, information, pictures ... [PAR] The founding members of the Atlantic alliance consisted of the United States, 
United ... military alliance in peacetime, the North Atlantic Treaty of April 1949 
marked, .... American policymakers recognized that only a united western Europe 
at peace ... Not only were Greece, France, and Italy, with their large communist 
parties,... [DOC] [TLE] North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Britannica.com [PAR] NATO military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the ... 
Its original members were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, ... 
After World War II in 1945, western Europe was economically exhausted and ... 
Low Countries, and Norway and in April 1949 resulted in the North Atlantic Treaty
. [DOC] [TLE] NATO: Seeking Russia's Destruction Since 1949 - Counterpunch [PAR] Dec 25, 2015 ... Its own defensive military alliance (commonly known as the Warsaw ... the Italian 
and French governments to purge Communist members of ... of 1956, occurring 
five months after the founding of the alliance. ... Things only became worse. ..... 
The putative point in 1949 was the defense of Western Europe... [DOC] [TLE] Italy's Diplomacy and the West: [PAR] Fascist Italy's military collapse in World War II marked a radical watershed in 
Italian ... as a new democratic, industrial Western member of NATO and the 
European ... 1) in 1915 Italy's successful diplomatic reversal of alliances to the 
Allied side ..... and Iceland joined NATO as founding members (Washington, 4 
April 1949),... [DOC] [TLE] NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - The Canadian ... [PAR] Nov 27, 2015 ... NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), established in 1949, was Canada's 
first peacetime military alliance. More recently it has asserted its... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline NATO [PAR] 1949 Apr 4, The (NATO) North Atlantic Treaty Organization pact was signed by 
the US, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, 
Portugal, ... It provided for mutual defense against aggression and for close 
military ... Spain became NATO's 16th member, the first country to enter the 
Western alliance... [DOC] [TLE] History of Italy (From 1945 to

Question: In 1949 Italy became a founding member of this Western military alliance
Answer: NATO