There's sometimes talk online of when France left NATO in 1966 and what that meant for the Cold War and the alliance as a whole. One thing you should know is that France never actually left NATO but instead left its unified Command Structure but still this move made waves. So why did France withdraw from this and how did other NATO members react? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Fox2012 Robyn Kitchen Juan Castillo Scott P Mickey Landen Chase Labiste KNSTRKTVST Porkmeister sharpie660 Dullis Tyler Jenkins Mantodea Rod D. Martin zockotron Qi Xiao Alexander Washofsky Brian Hamilton Alex Slepak Alex G. Adrian Marine Adam Stalter Curt Helmerich Andrew Niedbala Dexter_McAaron Victor Warmflash Andreas Mosand Ainar Garipov Dragan Chris Weisel Jeremy Arghhhhh SirAlpaka Wolf Jeremy Clayton Schuman Tat Tvam Asi Yuichiro Kakutani John Garcia Mik Scheper Robert Mitchell Jack Mcbeth Ryan Haber Heytun Joseph Reinsch Roan Haggerty Scott O'Donnell Baste Steven Gibson Cody Yarger Burt Clothier BattleGoat Studios Snowdon Justin Pearson Zach Rust Wilhelm Screamer Lolo2321 Joel Cromwell Warren Rudkin Christopher Godfrey Bernardo Santos ScottishTrekkie Benjamin Bowring Keith Garvey Keith A. Layton Jane Sumpter Danny Anstess Mark Alexander Mednikov Käs Zachary Oertel Yick Chung Andrew F Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Allen Rines Joseph Kerckhoff Franklin Sousa Stefan Møller Joshua A Bishop Joooooshhhhhh Tristan Kreller Ricardo Salcedo Perry Gagne blaZzinG_FurY Pierre Le Mouel Sean Long HappyCow Mars Project Tim Stumbaugh Gregory Priebe Chris Robert Woodward Adam Rabung Matthew Literovich Alen Andrew Patane bas mensink I'm N