In May 1945 with the war in Europe at an end, Britain had to play
her part in the occupation of the defeated Germany. The
near-bankrupt country was hard-pressed to maintain such a military
presence on the continent and still manage our other out
commitments across the Mediterranean, Middle and Far East. As the
immediate post-war years came to pass, Britain and other western
powers found themselves reviewing their relationship with the key
victor in the east: the USSR. A defining moment came in 1948 when
the Soviet Union attempted to starve the people of West Berlin to
the point of being relinquished to their fate by the Western
allies. Following a sterling and stubborn effort to keep the city
supplied with the minimum materials and food the Soviet exercise
ended in 1949. But the parameters were now set, the Iron Curtain
had descended across the continent, and the RAF were to maintain a
constant vigil with nuclear-armed aircraft on station ready to
respond to Soviet aggression for the next four decades while
politicians tried desperately to preserve the peace.
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