Question

Which statement best describes a major reason why Western European countries joined NATO after World War II?

Answer 1

The main country of the NATO is the America and after world war 2 the Europe countries seen the power america posses and they want to form an ally with such powerful country.

Moreover they know the threat posed by the Russia and middle eastern countries therefore they form an alliance group to tackle these countries in the future.

Terrorism spread after the world war 2. The European countries know the harmful effect that can terrorism cause and entered in NATO.

Answer 2

Answer:  The Soviet Union had shown that it wanted to expand its area of control in Eastern Europe.

Additional detail regarding NATO:

The United States, along with Canada, joined with ten European countries in signing the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949.  This created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was a defensive military alliance of democratic states over against the expanding threat of communism felt in the Cold War environment.

The ten original Western European members of NATO were the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Italy, Iceland, and Luxembourg.