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[[File: Flag_of_NATO.svg.png|thumbnail|left|300px|Flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization]]__NOTOC__
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.