European Defense Community (EDC)
- European Defense Community (EDC)
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Attempt by western European powers, with U.S. support, to counterbalance the overwhelming conventional military ascendancy of the Soviet Union in Europe by creating a supranational European army, including West German forces.
A treaty was concluded in 1952, but the French parliament's refusal to ratify the treaty in 1954 brought an end to the project. One consequence of the French action was the decision in 1955 to rearm West Germany and allow its entry into
NATO. In 1955 the EDC was replaced by the
Western European Union.
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Universalium.
2010.
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