Since 1949, NATO has shaped Europe‘s security policy like no other organization. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty outlines the principle of “collective defense”. But is the world’s largest military alliance ready to defend itself?
Marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, this documentary looks at the past, present and future of NATO. Among other things, it sheds light on vulnerabilities. For example, Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty is anything but binding. Unanimity among the member states is a prerequisite — but by no means a certainty. And there are only partial guarantees in place when it comes to the speed with which troops and supplies must be delivered in extreme situations.
The film embarks on a journey across the Alliance’s territory. The filmmakers visit Tallinn, in Estonia, where NATO’s Cyber Defence Centre is located. From here they travel on to Ulm, in Germany, where the deployment of troops and supplies is organized. The next stop is NATO headquarters in Brussels, where political decisions are made. The film hears from high-ranking current and former NATO generals and security experts along the way.
With the help of international historians, the documentary also looks back on the 75-year history of NATO. Founded after the devastating experiences of the Second World War, the alliance’s architects wanted to deter enemies. But even more importantly, they wanted to secure peace among the alliance partners – not least out of fears of Germany regaining strength.
The documentary draws on previously unseen archival film material: NATO portraits of member countries filmed in the 1950s to give soldiers a better understanding of one another’s countries and thus enhance cohesion.
Important eyewitnesses, including Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton and diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, are featured. They provide context for recent NATO developments: How close was the US to leaving NATO in 2018? And what would the consequences have been? Was a promise really made not to expand NATO eastwards after the collapse of the Soviet Union? The film seeks an answer to this question, which continues to shape Russia’s relationship with NATO to this day.
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And its completely defensive and righteous and never bombed any country 🙂
Thier forces, even with US support, were defeated by the Taliban
As always, France is the capably yet constantly whiny member of the team 🙄
Trump was right. Europe Pay up and build up your defense.
God bless America 🇺🇸 NATO.
Here's a SUPER EASY & GREAT IDEA: Just give and support ALL the money/resource to the US Military. Might as well as the United States is the de facto leader regardless who or what. Just give the Land/Space/Resource to the US Military and establish a base in your country. Problem solved. ALL you have to do is to give Money & Land. The US military will handle the rest. YOU PAY for the best military/protection in the world. Solves ALL of the problems. PERFECTION.
Yes I see it as an attack on me but I still won't do anything😅
An alliance formed to protect themselves from each other
A comprehensive view of present cold war calculus…well done study….impressive
Very pro NATO/anti-Russo but insightful documentary either way
What a BS documentary. NATO is an attempt to keep Europe and Americans in power to abuse previous colonial states.
"75 years without war" – this is a lie and disinformation. Here is a list of european conflicts in 20th (there are more) 1944–1956 Guerrilla war in the Baltic states
1945–1949 Greek Civil War
1946–1948 Corfu Channel incident
1947–1962 Romanian anti-communist resistance movement
1953 Uprising in East Germany
1955–1959 Cyprus Emergency
1956 Uprising in Poznań
1956 Hungarian Revolution
1956–1962 Operation Harvest
1958 First Cod War
1959–2011 Basque conflict
1967 Greek coup d'état
1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
1968–1998 The Troubles
1970–1984 Unrest in Italy
1972–1973 Second Cod War
1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus
1974 Carnation Revolution
1975 Coup of 25 November 1975
1975–1976 Third Cod War
1976–2016 Corsican conflict
1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt
1986 Evros River incident
1988–1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
1989–1995 Gagauzia conflict
1989 Romanian Revolution
1990 Log Revolution
1990–1991 Soviet attacks on Lithuanian border posts
1990–present Transnistria conflict
1990–1992 Transnistria War
1991 January Events
1991 The Barricades
1991–2001 Yugoslav Wars
1991 Ten-Day War
1991–1995 Croatian War of Independence
1992–1995 Bosnian War
1992–1994 Croat–Bosniak War
1995–1998 Insurgency in Kosovo
1998–1999 Kosovo War
1999–2001 Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
2001 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
1991–1992 Georgian war against Russo-Ossetian alliance
1991–1993 Georgian Civil War
1991–2017 Chechen–Russian conflict
1994 Battle of Grozny (November 1994)
1994–1996 First Chechen War
1999–2009 Second Chechen War
2009–2017 Insurgency in the North Caucasus
1992 East Prigorodny Conflict
1992–1993 War in Abkhazia
1993 1993 Cherbourg incident
1993 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
1995–1996 Imia/Kardak military crisis
1997–1998 Cyprus Missile Crisis
1997 Albanian civil war of 1997
1997–present Dissident Irish Republican campaign
1998 Six-Day War of Abkhazia2001 Georgia, Kodori crisis
2001 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
2004–2013 Unrest in Kosovo
2004 2004 unrest in Kosovo
2008 2008 unrest in Kosovo
2011–2013 North Kosovo crisis
2022-2024 North Kosovo crisis
2004 Georgia, Adjara crisis
2004 Georgia, South Ossetia clashes
2006 Georgia, Kodori crisis
2008 Russo-Georgian war
2014–present Russo-Ukrainian War (outline)
2014 Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
2014–present Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
2014–2022 War in Donbass
2021–2022 Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–present Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–present 2022–2023 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement
2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh war
2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
US dominant over Europe is not surviving without the illusion of Russian terrifying .The USSR neither nowadays Russia 🇷🇺 nor such powerful, threatening European countries. Russia nowadays staggered in Ukrainian muddled trenches. How threatening other countries⁉️ .Ukraine war converted to attrition war .
How convenient of the supreme grifter Hodges to not include who actually shot the missile that killed 2 Poles.
Once again: why does the video have an "in context" tag with Wikipedia warning me dw is a German news service. And, once again: why doesn't CNN have a warning "imperialist media service which distorts fact".
The most useless and ruthless alliance , total wastage of money 🧐
In a conventional warfare, NATO would eat up Russia alive. Russia can't even subdue Ukraine, a country without a navy or an air force. How do you expect Russia to beat NATO? This is the reason why cowards like Putin often use a "nuclear car" as a lame pretext so it can't be defeated.
Im from California and I freaking LOVE DW!
75 years. Where else did I hear this number of years?
25 seconds in and we are already exposed to US propaganda.
The Balkans murican, the balkans!
As a child in the 80s, I was proud to live in a NATO country and read Tom Clancy thrillers that used NATO codenames for all Russia military equipment. Now, I am ashamed of NATO, and I no longer refer to any Russian military hardware by NATO names; Russia has earned the right for her weaponry to be called by their proper Russian names at all times.
How tf does someone willingly kill another person?
NATO is trying to remain relevant. NATO was established April 4, 1949 to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. The USSR no longer exists. Now NATO is trying to create a worldwide mission to justify military spending and their jobs. How many wars have NATO prevented in their 75 years?
IF Nato is the larges military alliance in the world then WHY O WHY is it so intense to take Ukraine into its club . The USSR dose not exist and trade with them was on the up .Putin has taken them from a broken country to a place we could do business with .
The war in Ukraine is a ethnic ONE . KEEP OUT you war profit dogs of war
The eternal peace and love ideology took hold in Europe and America,
Forget about Russia and China they are peaceful countries
Yet now, there's a politician running (actually walking, much like his supporters he's to obese to run) for the US president who declared he wanted more nuclear weapons.
NATO❌ US Puppets ✅
Putin sent Trump to withdraw from NATO. For sure…
To prevent wars,,, UN sure is dropping the ball. how many times has a country gone into another country and just did what they want… you got the Oil for us ?
We Love you NATO Allies.
Nato is a defensive organization meant to preserve peace and prosperity. Just keep doing what you are doing. Never stop expanding.
But why did nato refuse Russia to join the alliance? This was a plan usa to destroy Russia n now the war in ukraine is coz they want to join nato. They betrayed Russia. Usa 1962 wanted to bomb Cuba coz USSR was building army base there
nato is a sham and absolutely useless. Wake up
Wasn't the UK comedy Character Alan Partridge, broadcasting for fictional North Norfolk Digital, replaced by a programme with it's own jingle called : "Shape – The Shape you want it to be"
We should have let Russia join NATO
America says "Jump" and Britain says: "I am asserting my sovereignty……………how high?"
Largest criminal organisation of the world. Europe: colony. USA: daddy
Great documentary. Thanks DW Documentary
An alliance between Russia, China, and Iran would indeed be a formidable force. However, I suspect that they would not be the sole adversaries in a major conflict against NATO.
NATO is toothless without U.S
Europeans are asking if THEY can defend themselves in a war during a potential nightmare second Trump term.🤦🏼♂ I don't think it's a question of NATO being able to defend Europe with the U.S. involved
Inevitable result of the Second World War, the only way to keep any kind of political equilibrium opposite the Warsaw Pact. The Soviets were so massive the west had to align to have any hope of survival.
A military alliance looking for a reason to exist, and promptly gets it, by pushing its borders into others, destabilizing security of other countries.
Example: Ukraine
NATO is the only thing protecting Europe, especially eastern Europe, from Russian invasion.