Question

What was the original purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 1949? To create a group that would monitor the detonation of atomic bombs to more accurately map all of Europe, Asia, and Africa to protect member countries to provide a unified training program for future military action to form a bloc of western nations to defend against Soviet aggression

Answer 1

Answer:

to form a bloc of western nations to defend against Soviet aggression

Explanation:

As a result of the increase and influence in the expansion of communism style of government and ideologies spreading the Soviet Union.

The United States along with some other Western European countries decided to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 1949.

The original purpose behind this group formation is to "form a bloc of western nations to defend against Soviet aggression."