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…showed last 75 words of 928 total…drive us out of Europe. If the soviets want war they can start it 500 miles to the west just as well as here." Basically this meant that no threats made by Russia would push the U.S. out of Berlin. So you can see much of what occurred during 1945-1948 brought out a great deal of tension between the two super powers. And these tensions made the war what it was, a long annoying 46 years.