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How did the Berlin blockade contribute to Cold War tensions between the western powers and the Soviet Union

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It contributed because the Cold was involved in indirect warfare between the communist soviets and democratic U.S in the efforts to in crease their sphere of influence and the blockade of Germany was a strategic effort to increase their sphere of influence.
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The Berlin blockade was the first serious clash between the members of the former Grand Alliance, and from this point, it was very clear that the Cold War had begun. The Western Allies were not prepared to risk armed conflict with the Soviets to open the way to West Berlin. They decided that their sectors of Berlin (west) would be supplied by air.

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