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Stalin tried to drive the capitalist nations out of Berlin by cutting off supplies from the whole of Western Europe. This was countered using the Berlin Airlift. This is to show that the U.S will never back down against a communist threat no matter the cost and no land would be lost to Communism.
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Again the creation of NATO was clearly to stop the expansion of the USSR and even NATO denied the acceptance of USSR when they had applied as they felt that the USSR's motives were to weaken the alliance. Overall, they were rejected as they did not follow the same Democratic pathway just like the other NATO members. Again, it is to stop the threat of Communist expansion into Western Europe so they do not hold more influence in Europe.
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They were a main part of containing the Communist threat as they bordered USSR allied countries and even allowed Western Germany to join NATO as this is the first step of containing the Communist threat in entering Western Europe. Western Germany would especially be weak if they were split into different countries which the USSR can capitalize on meaning the unification of the occupation zones were to stop the USSR from capitalizing on this.
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Once again, it is to show how the U.S will not back down no matter what even it would mean that the bombs could destroy the world many times over. It was more than USSR vs U.S but more like Democracy vs Communism. Whoever were to win the Arms Race would be a step close to being the #1 World Power as long as they are able to contain Communism to the borders of Russia. Neither of them used the bombs due to the doctrine M.A.D (Mutually Assured Destruction) where if one superpower were to fire nukes on the other, the other country would retaliate causing a nuclear winter. Neither side wanted this. It was just a safety precaution or an asset to keep both powers in check.
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<u>Overall, the reasons of these postwar events were due to stopping Communism from developing past the borders of Russia (containing it) and maybe even stopping Communism as a whole.</u>
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