Cold War master crossword

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Across
  1. 4. President of the USA who created the Carter doctrine
  2. 6. A policy created by the leader of the Soviet Union which stated that Russia would invade any country which threatened to turn capitalist
  3. 7. The action taken by JFK to try and solve the Missile crisis involving ships stopping any supplies getting into Cuba
  4. 8. The president of the USA famously assassinated in 1963
  5. 12. The leader of Czechoslovakia up until 1968 he was very unpopular
  6. 14. A meeting between Eisenhower and Khrushchev in order to sort out the issue of Berlin which ended in disaster because of the U2 crisis
  7. 17. the nickname given to strategic defense initiative named after a popular set of films of the time with characters such as obi won kenobi and yoda
  8. 22. The name given to the partnership between the USA, Russia and Great Britain during WW2
  9. 24. President of the USA who called the Soviet Union the evil empire
  10. 25. Meaning reform in Russian used to describe the restructuring of the Russian economy under Gorbachev
  11. 26. leader of Britain during the second world war
  12. 28. Leader of the Soviet Union up until his death in 1953
  13. 29. A set of agreements signed in the capital of Finland which focussed on security human rights and cooperation
  14. 32. Took over as president of the USA in 1945 after Roosevelt's death
  15. 33. the name of two treaties which were designed to lower the amount of nuclear weapons each side had
  16. 35. The 1949 operation of flying supplies into Berlin in order to defeat Stalin's blockade
  17. 36. The final conference held between the Allies at the end of WW2, tensions were famously high at this conference
  18. 37. The leader of the Soviet Union from 1983 to 1991
  19. 39. the name used to describe the competition between USA and USSR over who had the most nuclear weapons
Down
  1. 1. A small island roughly 90 miles off the coast of America
  2. 2. A french word meaning relax which was used to describe the better relationship between the superpowers during the 1970s
  3. 3. Wall Built by the Soviets overnight in 1961 dividing the city between the communist east and capitalist west
  4. 5. The only access point through the wall and the sight of an 18 hour standoff between American and Soviet tanks
  5. 8. Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death in 1953
  6. 9. Nuclear utilization target selection a system developed by Reagan
  7. 10. strategic arms reduction talks held between the USA and soviet union
  8. 11. Replaced Rakosi as leader during the Hungarian Uprising, famously took Hungary out of the Warsaw Pact
  9. 13. a failed attempt by the CIA involving Cuban exiles overthrowing the Cuban government
  10. 15. Country in the middle east which Russia invaded in 1979
  11. 16. A speech given by Khrushchev where he denounced stalin and promised changes
  12. 18. a system where people are free to make as much money as they like and are allowed to make their own choices
  13. 19. a system where the government owns everything and makes sure everyone is treated equally
  14. 20. President of Cuba after the revolution
  15. 21. The name given to communist countries which border the Soviet Union
  16. 23. Meaning openness in Russian used to describe the new policy of taking away censorship and allowing freedom of speech
  17. 27. One of the most important Satellite states with the capital of Prague
  18. 30. a phrase used (by Churchill) to describe the divide between capitalist and communist Europe
  19. 31. This terms refers to the idea that no side would dare fire a nuclear missle at the other as they know they will be bombed as well if they do so
  20. 34. The leader of Hungary before the revolution, a harsh ruler who ruled like Stalin
  21. 38. The new leader of Czechoslovakia who came with reforms known as socialism with a human face