France Withdraws from NATO’s Military Structure
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: February-March, 1966; December, 1995
Article abstract: France withdraws from NATO’s military structure, initially leaving the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance more vulnerable defensively, but eventually returns, under completely different circumstances, some three decades later.
Summary of Event
In a televised press conference on September 9, 1965, President Charles de Gaulle of France startled his Western allies with a threat to pull his country out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (NATO) by 1969 at the latest, when its twenty-year term expired, because of his wish to...
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