Iron Curtain Crossword
Across
- 1. But it wasnt until______ adopted the phrase during a speech in 1946
- 5. During the ____ conference, Stalin was deeply suspicious of the other powers.
- 8. 15 years longer than intended
- 10. Others escaped by swimming Berlin's _________, via tunnels, or by Hot Air Balloon.
- 13. It holds the world record for heaviest payloads
- 15. Although the _______ came into existence post WW2
- 16. Guy who was dissatisfied with the US military's Gay Community
- 17. War and _______, change nearly every aspect of life for resident people
- 19. Churches were targeted and many religious buildings were demolished under orders from Stalin
- 20. As a way of telling Communists "Goodbye, It's time to go home."
Down
- 2. Previously called Stettin
- 3. In 1939 after making a deal with ____ the Soviet's invaded Eastern Poland
- 4. The first president of the re-established country was _____, originally an electrician
- 6. In 1953, both the US and the Soviet Union were testing _____ bombs.
- 7. The Russian writer who wrote in the end of his book "an Iron Curtain is being lowered, creaking and squeaking, at the end of Russian history."
- 9. The Western powers implemented a new currency, the ________, for their zones which angered Stalin.
- 11. The US thus developed a policy known as the _________
- 12. Winston Churchills wartime comrade
- 14. Bringing the wall down was a premature mistake by ______.
- 18. Most inspiring moment in revolutionary history