<P> The Western Bloc or Capitalist Bloc during the Cold War refers to the countries allied with the NATO against the Soviet Union and its allies . The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc . The governments and press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the Free World or the Western world . </P> <P> During the Cold War the non-Communist countries in Europe were called "Western Europe", but within the framework of the modern times it is a purely geographical term . </P> <Ul> <Li> Belgium </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Denmark </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> West Germany (from 1955) </Li> <Li> Greece (from 1952) </Li> <Li> Iceland </Li> <Li> Italy </Li> <Li> Luxembourg </Li> <Li> Netherlands </Li> <Li> Norway </Li> <Li> Portugal </Li> <Li> Spain (from 1982) </Li> <Li> Turkey (from 1952) </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> <Li> West Germany (from 1955) </Li>

What military alliance did the western bloc of nations