Cold war terms

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Across
  1. 4. Response: A US military strategy that prioritized conventional forces over nuclear weapons.
  2. 5. Airlift: US and UK efforts to supply West Berlin during the blockade.
  3. 6. Plan: US economic aid to Europe to rebuild after WWII.
  4. 9. Arms Race: The buildup of nuclear weapons by both the US and Soviet Union.
  5. 11. War: A major proxy war in Vietnam, a key conflict of the later Cold War.
  6. 12. The US policy of preventing the spread of communism.
  7. 15. Struggle: The competition between communism and capitalism.
  8. 16. of Pigs Invasion: A failed attempt by the US to overthrow the Cuban government.
  9. 18. Race: The buildup of military weapons.
  10. 19. The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union, launching the space race.
  11. 21. Wars: Conflicts where major powers supported opposing sides without directly engaging.
  12. 23. Doctrine: US policy to support countries resisting communism.
  13. 25. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance of Western nations.
  14. 26. The collection of secret information about other countries.
  15. 29. Theory: The belief that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
  16. 30. A period of reduced tensions between the US and Soviet Union.
Down
  1. 1. Missile Crisis: A major confrontation between the US and Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
  2. 2. Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union.
  3. 3. The use of biased information to influence public opinion.
  4. 7. Race: A competition between the US and Soviet Union for dominance in space exploration.
  5. 8. The policy of pushing a situation to the brink of war.
  6. 10. Blockade: Soviet attempt to isolate West Berlin in 1948.
  7. 13. Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of openess in the Soviet Union.
  8. 14. Pact: The Soviet-led military alliance in Eastern Europe.
  9. 17. Wars: Conflicts fought by other nations, often without direct involvement of the main players.
  10. 20. Movement: A group of countries that did not align with either the US or Soviet Union.
  11. 22. Parallel: The dividing line between North and South Korea.
  12. 24. War: A proxy war in Korea, marking a major early conflict of the Cold War.
  13. 27. Curtain: Winston Churchill's term for the division of Europe into communist and non-communist blocs.
  14. 28. Bloc: The group of communist states led by the Soviet Union.