Incorrectly implies that it is an insignificant blip
Developed by the administration of Harry Truman in the late 1940s, the correct answer is the policy of containment.
Containment refers to the US's policy, developed by legendary diplomat George Kennan, where the US would help any free nation threatened by communism by stopping the spread of communism.
Germany could no longer send or receive items from other countries through water helping the Allies with defeating the Axis.