When NATO was formed, French was the lingua franca, and as such it made sense to put the French acronym on the logo. I suppose it’s still there because they didn’t want to change it.
French was the lingua franca until post WW2, when it started getting replaced with English. NATO was founded in 1949. It’s not like French was completely supplanted in its use the day the bombs dropped on Japan. It’s still heavily used internationally.
NATO logo but everyone is as entitled as the Fr*nch:
(Yes, I know most of these official languages use “NATO” but that’s exactly what makes the French entitled.)
When NATO was formed, French was the lingua franca, and as such it made sense to put the French acronym on the logo. I suppose it’s still there because they didn’t want to change it.
When do you think NATO was founded, 1850?
French was the lingua franca until post WW2, when it started getting replaced with English. NATO was founded in 1949. It’s not like French was completely supplanted in its use the day the bombs dropped on Japan. It’s still heavily used internationally.
I guess AB is Germany? Just because they like to string their words together…
I guess, Atlantisches Bündnis (Atlantic Alliance) is what’s written on Wikipedia, but I’ve never heard someone actually say that
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