Which alliance did Konrad Adenauer help develop after World War II?

• A. Warsaw Pact
• B. NATO
• C. Non-Aligned Movement
• D. European Union

Answer: (B)

After World War II, West Germany needed security and a place within a Western political order. Konrad Adenauer pushed for West Germany to align with Western democracies and to participate in collective defense, which culminated in joining NATO in 1955. NATO was created in 1949 as a mutual defense alliance to deter Soviet aggression, making it the framework that best fits Adenauer’s postwar goals of security, integration, and rebuilding West Germany within the Western bloc. The other options don’t fit the postwar alliance focus: the Warsaw Pact was a Soviet-led Eastern bloc alliance, the Non-Aligned Movement involves countries avoiding formal blocs, and the European Union is about broader economic-political integration rather than a military alliance, though Adenauer did support European integration in other ways.