Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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One alliance to defend the West. One document to change global warfare forever.

In this new episode of A Lens On: Snapshot, historian Ben Walsh breaks down the intense post-WWII tensions that led to the formation of NATO.
As the Soviet Union tightened its grip on Eastern and Central Europe, the US and its allies drew a line in the sand.
Discover how Article Five's promise of collective defense reshaped geopolitics, how massive bombers like the B-52 created a ""nuclear umbrella"" over Europe, and how the USSR struck back by forming the Warsaw Pact.

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