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Across
- 4. - The pre-war boundary between North and South Korea, which became the line of demarcation and eventually the heavily fortified border known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) after the war.
- 5. - A Cold War foreign policy strategy used by the United States aimed at preventing the spread of communism. The U.S. intervention in the Korean War was a practical application of this policy.
- 6. - The Korean War is often cited as a classic example of a proxy war where the superpowers (the United States and the Soviet Union) supported opposite sides without directly engaging each other.
Down
- 1. - A buffer zone between North and South Korea established by the armistice agreement. It is one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world.
- 2. - A conflict from 1950 to 1953 between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. It was a significant early conflict in the Cold War.
- 3. - Refers to the Korean Armistice Agreement signed on July 27, 1953, which ended active hostilities but did not officially end the war, resulting in an ongoing state of tension.