Western Union

Summary

Western Union is a military alliance^[1]. It draws 241 Wikipedia views per month (military_alliance category, ranking #15 of 52).^[2]

Key Facts

• Western Union's image is recorded as Western Union Standard.jpg^[3].
• Western Union's image is recorded as Château des Fougères.jpg^[4].
• Western Union's image is recorded as Henri IV quarter, Palace of Fontainebleau.jpg^[5].
• Western Union's image is recorded as Pact van Brussel. De 5 ministers, Bestanddeelnr 902-6324 cropped.jpg^[6].
• Western Union's instance of is recorded as military alliance^[7].
• Western Union's instance of is recorded as international organization^[8].
• Western Union's flag image is recorded as Flag of the Western Union.svg^[9].
• Western Union's coat of arms image is recorded as Badge of the Western Union Defence Organisation.svg^[10].
• Western Union's followed by is recorded as Western European Union^[11].
• Western Union's followed by is recorded as Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe^[12].
• Western Union's headquarters location is recorded as Fontainebleau^[13].
• Western Union's flag is recorded as Flag of the Western Union^[14].
• Western Union's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127044302^[15].
• Western Union's GND ID is recorded as 16210641-5^[16].
• Western Union's locator map image is recorded as Western Union.svg^[17].
• Western Union's Commons category is recorded as Western Union (alliance)^[18].
• Western Union's foundational text is recorded as Treaty of Brussels^[19].
• +1948-03-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Western Union^[20].
• Western Union was dissolved in +1954-10-03T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Western Union's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Union (alliance)^[22].
• Western Union's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Brussels-Treaty-European-history-1948^[23].
• Western Union's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120pt8lj^[24].
• Western Union's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Vestunionen^[25].
• Western Union's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as zapadnyi-soiuz-organizatsiia-f19f8d^[26].
• Western Union's EU Corporate body code is recorded as WEU_1948_0^[27].

Body

Founding

+1948-03-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Western Union^[20].

Identity

Successors include Western European Union^[11] and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe^[12].

Operations

Western Union's headquarters location is recorded as Fontainebleau^[13].

Dissolution

Western Union was dissolved in +1954-10-03T00:00:00Z^[21].

Why It Matters

Western Union draws 241 Wikipedia views per month (military_alliance category, ranking #15 of 52).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]