Name: Formation of NATO
Duration: 191
Description: Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in the formation of key alliances that would endure throughout the Cold War.

Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in the formation of key alliances that would endure throughout the Cold War.

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Formation of NATO

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