Episode One explores NATO's origins in the devastated landscape of post-World War Two Europe. As the Soviet Union tightened its grip on Eastern Europe and the Iron Curtain descended across the continent, war-weary Western democracies faced a critical choice: stand together or risk falling separately. The episode traces the path from the Berlin Blockade to the signing of the Washington Treaty in April nineteen forty-nine, examining how twelve nations created an unprecedented peacetime alliance built on collective defense. From Article Five's promise that an attack on one means an attack on all, to early Cold War tensions and France's dramatic withdrawal from military command, this episode reveals how NATO became both shield and political instrument.
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