The cold war affect Western Europe by linking the United States with Western Europe and other allies against the Soviet Union and the communist allies. By forming an alliance it which grew the economy. Most Western European nations began relied on the United States military for the possibility of a Soviet invasion. Which meant, the initial purpose was to drop tariffs between member nations. Once time passed, it expanded its project into a single governing body of much of Europe. The nationalist tensions that started within Europe reached their lowest point in history and which then the continent enjoyed its longest period of the internal peace in history. Strong alliances formed as countries which choose between communism and
