Containment in Europe

5. This part of Germany was controlled by the soviets
6. He is the father of the “containment” strategy
7. Established the Central Intelligence Agency to gather information abroad and engage in covert activities in support of the nation's security
9. A document that pushed for a large buildup of the U.S military. It allowed the U.S to quickly build up its military for the Korean conflict. National Security Council memo #68 U.S. "strive for victory" in cold war, pressed for offensive and a gross increase ($37 billion) in defense spending, determined US foreign policy for the next 20-30 years
11. Russia under Stalin blockaded Berlin completely in the hopes that the West would give the entire city to the Soviets to administer
13. A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe

1. First established in 1947 after Britain no longer could afford to provide anti-Communist aid to Greece and Turkey, it pledged to provide U.S. military and economic aid to any nation threatened by Communism
2. The most prominent instance of such a competition was the rapid development by the United States and the Soviet Union of more and better nuclear weapons during the Cold War
3. An alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries
4. He was Secretary of State under Harry Truman
8. Policy introduced by Harry S. Truman after WWII that said the duty of the U.S. was to stop the spread of Totalitarianism (implying Communism)
10. To bring in food and supplies, the U.S. and Great Britain mounted air lifts which became so intense that, at their height, an airplane was landing in West Berlin every few minutes. West Germany was a republic under France, the U.S. and Great Britain. Berlin was located entirely within Soviet-controlled East Germany
12. This part of Germany was controlled by the allies