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Western Europe in the Cold War
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Marshall Plan
US provided over $12 Billion to Western European countries to help them rebuild -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviets Put up physical roadblocks to Western Berlin to attempt to stop the US from giving them supplies -
NATO Forms
An Alliance that included many Western European countries and the US and Canada -
Berlin Wall Starts Construction
Berlin is divided into Eastern And Western Berlin. This is both a physical barrier and a symbolic one representing the tensions of the Cold War -
Berlin Crisis
With tensions continuing to rise, the Soviets came to the border of East and West Berlin with tanks, to which the US responded. The crisis ended with both sides mutually backing their tanks back. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Fall of the Berlin Wall represents the collapse of the Soviet Rule in Europe