Hastings Lionel Ismay Ismay, 1st9 May 1955
West Germany joins NATO. Without West Germany it would have been impossible to field enough conventional forces to resist a Soviet invasion
Great Britain · Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
West Germany joins NATO. Without West Germany it would have been impossible to field enough conventional forces to resist a Soviet invasion
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