The U.S.A had this theory that if one country fell into communist, we would all fall into communist. we were afraid that communist would spread all around the world.
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin. Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin tried to force Allies out of Berlin by blocking all roads and railways into the cit.
The U.S sent resources to Berlin because they were starving because Russia blocked trains and stuff that gave them resources.
Former British prime minister Winston Churchill described Soviet polices as an “Iron Curtain” descending across the continent.
A U.S. plan to send billions of dollars of aid to Western Europe to rebuild economies and strengthen them against communism.