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The US & other western nations responded to the Berlin blockade with the "Berlin Airlift", which was a number of airlifts of resources, building supplies, medical supplies, and even Christmas Presents throughout a period of almost a year. It was successful, and led to the end of the Berlin Blockade.
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The First World War destroyed empires, created numerous new nation-states, encouraged independence movements in Europe's colonies, forced the United States to become a world power and led directly to Soviet communism and the rise of Hitler.
