The Cold War was fought over four decades, 1940 to 1980. During each decade many significant events happened that made America and Russia what they are today. The Cold War was actually a result of political and military tensions between the two countries, that didn’t really involved direct fighting of the two.
From 1948 to 1949, there was the “Berlin Blockade”, which raised tensions between the two as well. The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit France, Great Britain, and the United States from traveling to their sector in Berlin. Stalin believed that West Berlin couldn’t be supplied by air and put a traffic ban on all grounds trying to starve the allies out of the city, for good. President Truman, along with France and Great Britain became known for the Berlin airlift. This flew about 13,000 ton of supplies daily into the Western part of Berlin, for 324 days (almost one year). The airlift was so successful that it forced the Soviets to call off the blockade in 1949. Russia was clearly the blame for this event happening that , which fueled the Cold War even more. …show more content…
The countries pledged to defend each other if one or more of them came under attack, it emphasized that there would be no interference as far as its internal member’s affairs, and collective decision-making, but Soviet Union ultimately controlled most of the Pact’s decisions. I believe that both sides are responsible for this pact being made. It didn’t help the Cold War nor really hurt it but it definitely prolonged it because both sides still weren’t ready to buckle