International Relations 1/2
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- US reaction to Soviet expansion
- Truman believed that the spread of communism had to be stopped. This was his policy of 'containment'
- The Truman Doctrine (1947) offered help to all countries at risk from communist takeover
- The Marshall Plan (1947) gave US financial aid to rebuild the war-torn economies of Western Europe
- When Stalin lifted the blockade in 1949, the western zones of Germany were united to form the German Federal Republic
- When Stalin blockaded Berlin in 1948, the Western Allies carried out an 11-month airlift of supplies
- As a military alliance against Soviet expansion, the Western countries formed NATO in 1949
- The Marshall Plan (1947) gave US financial aid to rebuild the war-torn economies of Western Europe
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