This was how the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) came into being after World War II, aimed at safeguarding Western European countries from being swallowed up militarily by the mighty Soviet Union.

• 北大西洋公约组织就是在这样的情况下，在第二次世界大战后成立，目的是防止西欧国家受到军力强大的苏联的并吞。