Containment in the context of the Cold War was the prevention of the propagation of Communism. A first exemplar of Containment was shown when the US came to the defense of South Korea and helped them thwart Communist North Korea. This is a great example of the US fighting to contain communism. A second instance of containment was demonstrated when the USSR (Soviet Union) made a blockade to stop supplies from coming in, in hopes to make the US and all other West-European countries occupying west Germany to leave making it ripe for the taking. But instead the US simply circumvented their blockade and utilized the Berlin Airlift and resumed the flow of supplies. Finally, a third example of containment was when the USSR began sending ICBMs to Cuba
