NATO

NATO, also known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the North Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance consisting of 32 members. The alliance was formed on April 4, 1949, in order to stop the expansion of the after the in .https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-nato-and-why-was-it-created/a-60688639
==History==
=== 20th century ===
On April 4, 1949, four years after World War II, the was signed in , and was founded by 12 members. They had three purposes; deterring Soviet expansion, forbidding reviling nationalist militarism in Europe, and encouraging European political integration.https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_139339.htm
Following the end of the in 1991, NATO took another role, like intervening in the during the 1990's.
=== 21st century ===
The North Atlantic treaty's Article 5, which mandates member states to aid those armed, was first invoked after the 2001 ,https://web.archive.org/web/20121230143558/http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2001/1001/e1002a.htm leading to the deployment of troops to Afghanistan under the NATO-led ISAF. By the end of the 20th century, they have 19 members, and later, an extra 7 countries joined the alliance in March 2004.
The 2014 Russia annexation of Crimea, one of seven instances where Article 4, requiring consultation among NATO members, has been invoked,https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182356/http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_107716.htm was met with strong condemnation by all NATO members. Prior instances include the Iraq and Syrian Wars.https://web.archive.org/web/20220402192427/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49187.htm
==Channel and content==
The channel was created on March 25, 2006, and began uploading on September 30, 2008, publishing several videos, most of them being interviews. They upload different types of videos, such as vlogs, news, and interviews, and on YouTube Shorts, they either upload clips from events or others. They also do livestreams on events relating to NATO.
In January 2023, the channel received both a subscriber and view boost from the shorts algorithm from a YouTube Short of Polish troops doing a obstacle course, filmed on a 360° camera. The short has over two million likes and nearly 50 million views.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFMTGpvAmOA
== Other channels ==
=== НАТО по-русски ===
НАТО по-русски (English: NATO in Russian) is the Russian channel of NATO. The channel was created on July 29, 2011.
=== OTAN en français ===
OTAN en français (English: NATO in French) is the French channel of NATO. The channel was created on December 1, 2005.
=== NATO Arabic ===
NATO Arabic is the Arabic channel of NATO. The channel was created on July 29, 2011. The channel no longer upload videos as of 2024.
=== NATO History ===
NATO History is the history channel of NATO. The channel was created on November 9, 2016. They upload history videos. 
=== NATO News ===
NATO News is the news channel of NATO. The channel was created on February 9, 2015. They upload news videos. 
==Members==
:This is in the order of when they joined.
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (24 August 1949)
* (18 February 1952	)
* (18 February 1952	)
* (6 May 1955)West Germany was part of NATO, while was part of the . This was until both West and East Germany were reunified on 3 October 1990.
* (30 May 1982)
* (12 March 1999)
* (12 March 1999)
* (12 March 1999)
* (29 March 2004)
* (29 March 2004)
* (29 March 2004)
* (29 March 2004)
* (29 March 2004)
* (29 March 2004)
* (29 March 2004)
* (1 April 2009)
* (1 April 2009)
* (5 June 2017)
* (27 March 2020)
* (4 April 2023)
* (7 March 2024)
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