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... work force. The Cold war prevented the full payment. 5. The Berlin blockade was the separation of the Soviet zone of Berlin from West Berlin and West Germany on 24th June 1948. Stalin cut of all rain and road links to West Berlin in order to starve Berlin to surrender. During this period of time, special airlifts had been sent with supplies of everything West Berlin needed. Eventually Stalin backed down and on 12th May 1949 ended the blockade. 6. One of the ways that the USA had helped European economies to recover was the Marshall aid where the US government sent $13 billion worth of aid to rebuild their economies. Western European countries experienced a pot-war boom and they all had democratically elected governments and strong trading links. 7. Through out the Second World War the Russians and Americans joined forces to defeat Nazi Germany. It seemed as Stalin ...