Iron Curtain

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  1. 3. Curtain Term used to describe the ideological and physical division of Europe during the Cold War. (11 letters)
  2. 6. Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite states in response to NATO. (10 letters)
  3. 8. Country where a popular uprising against Soviet control occurred in 1956, resulting in a violent Soviet military intervention. (7 letters)
  4. 9. Period of political tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, which contributed to the formation of the Iron Curtain. (8 letters)
  5. 11. US policy designed to contain the spread of communism and support countries threatened by Soviet expansionism. (12 letters)
  6. 12. Charlie Famous crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. (15 letters)
  7. 13. Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin and played a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, heightening tensions behind the Iron Curtain. (15 letters)
  8. 14. Term used to describe the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically dependent on the Soviet Union. (14 letters)
Down
  1. 1. Speech Famous address delivered by Churchill in 1946, warning about the division of Europe and the spread of communism. (14 letters)
  2. 2. Operation conducted by Western Allies to provide essential supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade in 1948-1949. (13 letters)
  3. 4. Collective term for the socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet influence. (12 letters)
  4. 5. Concrete barrier built in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin. (10 letters)
  5. 7. Country that experienced a communist coup d'état in 1948, leading to its inclusion within the Iron Curtain. (13 letters)
  6. 9. British Prime Minister who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a speech delivered in 1946. (9 letters)
  7. 10. Tito Leader of Yugoslavia who successfully pursued a policy of non-alignment, maintaining independence from both the Eastern and Western blocs. (14 letters)