NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was created in 1949 as a military alliance between the U.S., Canada, and several Western European countries in response to the threat of communism from the Soviet Union and its allies. It was not directly connected to the Marshall Plan or the United Nations, and it was not a Soviet military alliance.

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What Was NATO

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What was NATO?

A) The enforcement mechanism of the Marshall Plan.
B) The military arm of the United Nations.
C) The military coalition of the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe against communism.
D) The Soviet military alliance.
E) None of these.

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