A Proto-NATO Alliance Vs. the Axis

Lord Ismay stated in 1949 that NATO's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down." This stems my curiosity of how a proto-NATO alliance would have done against the Axis Powers. Although the need for such an alliance was low pre-World War II and peace was most sought after, say that German, Italian, and Soviet aggression was better foreseen in Europe, making the need for a defensive alliance much higher. The Alliance would consist of Albania, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The most that isolate United States could do for the Alliance is the Lend-Lease Program pre-Pearl Harbor.
 

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Lord Ismay stated in 1949 that NATO's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down." This stems my curiosity of how a proto-NATO alliance would have done against the Axis Powers. Although the need for such an alliance was low pre-World War II and peace was most sought after, say that German, Italian, and Soviet aggression was better foreseen in Europe, making the need for a defensive alliance much higher. The Alliance would consist of Albania, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The most that isolate United States could do for the Alliance is the Lend-Lease Program pre-Pearl Harbor.

A "NATO" is unnecessary for this. Britain and France are more than up to the task of dealing with Germany.
 
What is probably most plausible, and what you're looking for, is the expansion and consolidation of the "Little Entente" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Entente), most likely with closer ties with the "real" Entente. The political/military alignment of Belgium to remain firmly with the Entente is also highly welcome.

The problems of course is you need to address the opinions of the political establishment in the UK, political stability in France, and public opinion in France and the UK to take a firmer, assertive approach against post-WWI expansionism. And how the "Little Entente" could possibly thrive.

It's also very difficult for them to tackle Italian, Soviet, and German expansionism at the same time (and Japanese); all of them were generally directed at different geographical areas, and seeking to curb one almost necessarily greatly requires help from another of the powers that this NATO-like organization seeks to contain. Eg., stopping the Anschluss almost certainly necessitates Italian intervention in favor of Austria.
 
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