How did the Berlin blockade and airlift demonstrate tensions rising during the Cold War? Check all that apply. Because of the Berlin Blockade, the US Air Force bombed Soviet East Germany. The Soviet Union and the United States did not go to war but acted aggressively toward each other. The United States and the Soviet Union worked together to defeat Nazi Germany in Berlin. The Soviet Union tried to control Berlin through a blockade, but the United States got around it. Because of the Berlin Blockade, the Soviet air force bombed West Germany.