the western bloc was the name of the capitalist countries led by the united states. the north atlantic treaty organization (nato) is an alliance created in 1949 and included the united states, the united kingdom, france, west germany, canada, netherlands, belgium, luxembourg, spain, portugal, italy, norway, denmark, greece, and turkey. other countries allied with the western bloc include israel, brazil, south korea, kenya (1960-1991), bangladesh (1964-1968), pakistan, north yemen, malaysia, saudi arabia, philippines, south africa, australia and new zealand.