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Revision as of 06:09, 18 March 2025
The Western Bloc, also known as the Capitalist Bloc, is an informal, collective term for countries that were officially allied with the 
United States during the Cold War of 1947–1991. While the 
NATO member states, in 
Western Europe and Northern America, were pivotal to the bloc, it included many other countries, in the broader Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa with histories of 
anti-Soviet, 
anti-communist and, in some cases 
anti-socialist, ideologies and policies.
History
The Western Bloc started with the Cold War in 1947, and began to repel 
Soviet influence. Many countries who were concerned with rising 
communist influences (which were exported by the 
Eastern Bloc) became anti-communist all aligned with the Western bloc. After USSR collapsed in 1991, the Western Bloc transformed into the modern West of the post-Cold War era.
Members
NATO
See also:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Five Eyes
ANZUS
SEATO
Compact of Free Association
METO/Baghdad Pact/CENTO
Rio Treaty
Middle East/North Africa Region
Asia, Southeast Asian, and Oceania Partners
Others
Gallery
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Original, more focus on the main members
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