Start of Cold War

Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states

U.S. policy to limit communism

U.S policy giving massive loans and grants to Western Europe

U.S. policy to assist countries struggling against communist movements

military alliance of the United States and countries in Western Europe

worldwide rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union

In an attempt to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union

• set up a total blockade of that section of the city

• threatened the section of the city with troops & tanks

• operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies

• demanded control of that section of the city

NATO and Warsaw Pact were examples of

• military aggression during the Cold War

• failed attempts to make peace

• effort to fight communism without bloodshed

• military alliances made for "collective security"