The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington
Twelve states signed the treaty while the Berlin airlift was still flying. The text is short and its central Article 5 commits each party to treat an attack on one as an attack on all and to take such action as it deems necessary — a formulation negotiated to satisfy the United States Senate, which would not accept an automatic commitment to war. The integrated military command structure, the supreme commander and the standing forces came later, prompted by the Korean War.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
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- North Atlantic Treaty Organization · organisation · North Atlantic and Europe · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
The North Atlantic Treaty
Supports the signature date and place, the twelve original parties, and the collective-defence formulation of Article 5 as used in this pack. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted in this session — www.nato.int is blocked by the environment's egress proxy and the session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before authoring began. The Article 5 wording referred to here is reproduced from standing knowledge of a very widely quoted text and should be checked against the official version.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization · 1949-04-04 · Partly verified
The North Atlantic Treaty, Washington D.C., 4 April 1949 — official text published by NATO
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