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The Soviets were becoming increasing distant from Allied cooperation and blatantly forced their oppression onto the people of West Berlin in an inhumane effort to starve out the influence of the Western Powers. Along with this, the Allies feared the harmful effects that communism would instill into the heart of Europe. If the Soviets progressed any further past Berlin, their communist regime might starve out the whole nation. The Berlin Airlift helped save the capital, the country, and the entire western half of Europe from the horrible tyranny of the Soviet