British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin, looking for…

January 1948 CE

British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin, looking for ways to bring western Europe together in a military alliance, proposes, on January 22, the formation of a Western Union between Britain, France and the Benelux countries to stand up against the Soviet Union.

His commitment to the West European security system makes him eager to sign the Brussels Pact in 1948, which is to drew Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg into an arrangement for collective security, opening the way for the formation of NATO in 1949.

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Westminster Middlesex United Kingdom View →

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Ernest Bevin View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Belgium, Kingdom of View → Netherlands, Kingdom of The View → Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of View → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → France (French republic); the Fourth Republic View → Germany, East (German Democratic Republic) View → Germany, West (Federal Republic of Germany) View → NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) View →

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Cold War View → Berlin Blockade View →

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Weapons View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Mayhem View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

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