Denise Milani Camel Toe

BRD / DDR / USA: NATO

NATO is
As part of the East-West conflict on 4 April 1949 in Washington, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded. Made of a civilian and a military alliance are part of existing in 10 European countries and Canada and the USA. Greece and Turkey enter 1952. Disputes between members should only be resolved peacefully. In the attack on a Member State of the others are committed to the assistance. In the defense case, the national armed forces under a joint NATO command.

The Paris Agreements create the conditions for the accession of the Federal Republic of Germany to NATO. On 5 May 1955 connect the treaties in force. Four days later, the Federal Republic joined NATO, and begins with the establishment of their own armed forces. In contrast to the other NATO countries but may not hold a general staff own and must make their armed forces in peacetime NATO.

With the appointment of the Christian Democrat Theodor Blank the first defense minister in June 1955 began the construction of a West German Army - the Bundeswehr. The preparations continued for years but one before: In October 1950, at the behest of Adenauer set up the "Service Blank. She developed into a nucleus of the later of Defense.
Because of differences with the United States ruled France in 1966 from the military component of NATO, but remains a member of the political organization. The NATO headquarters will be moved then from Paris to Brussels.
The symbol of NATO, the wind rose. Its primary political body is the Permanent Council, which meets under the chairmanship of NATO Secretary General. The Permanent Council, all Member Countries and vote. The central military committee of NATO's Military Committee, composed of the chiefs of NATO countries. In 1961, with Adolf Heusinger first time a German general chairman of the Military Committee.

NATO Double-Track Decision
mid-70s replaced the Soviet Union aimed at Western Europe, medium-range nuclear missiles by modern SS-20 missiles with greater explosive power. The federal government under Helmut Schmidt sees this as the strategic balance in Europe at risk. Schmidt calls 1977 the NATO on to counter-measures to balance the qualitative and quantitative superiority of the Soviet Union in the medium-range missiles. By adopting this objective, the foreign and defense ministers of NATO member states on 12 December 1979 in Brussels the NATO double-track decision.
The decision provides for negotiations with the Soviet Union over the elimination of intermediate-range missiles. For a failure of the talks is the U.S. but after four years - also deploy medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe - ie end of 1983. NATO Double-Track Decision leads in many Western European countries to a strengthening of the peace movement relating to the retrofitting position. In the Federal Republic, they can mobilize hundreds of thousands of citizens. The peace movement also align themselves with parts of the SPD. Finally, Chancellor Schmidt of his own party can not be sure. On 30
November 1981 start in Geneva disarmament negotiations between the U.S. and the USSR. By November 1983, however, remain inconclusive. The German Bundestag therefore shares on 22 November 1983 the votes of the CDU / CSU and FDP, the stationing of new U.S. medium-range missiles in the Federal Republic. Even during the two-day debate protesting supporters of the peace movement against the retrofit. A day after the resolution of the Bundestag broke the Soviet Union from the Geneva talks.