The Berlin Airlift

The Cold War was a large-scale competition between the United States and the USSR for the dominance of the world. The Cold War started immediately after WWII and lasted through 1960. The conflict between these two nations went deeper then a simple squabble over land. President Roosevelt planned on staying allies with the USSR well after the war, but when he died Vice President Truman moved up. Truman disliked the USSR very much and felt that Roosevelt’s policy should be done with.
Near the end of the war, both the US and the USSR were advancing towards Berlin in hopes to kill Hitler and end the war. The USSR arrived first and cleared out the city of Nazis. The Allied forces decided to split Germany up into different zones and each country watch over the rebuilding of their zone. They did the same thing for the city of Berlin because they felt one country having the capital would be too much power. This is where the basis of the grudge match began, with the rebuilding process.
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