Leaders During the Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. — Communist leader who founded the People’s Republic of China
  2. 9. — Soviet leader who established control over Eastern Europe after WWII
  3. 11. — U.S. president who relied on nuclear deterrence and the “domino theory”
  4. 14. — Communist leader of North Vietnam
  5. 15. — U.S. president who called the Soviet Union an "evil empire"
  6. 18. — British leader who warned of the “Iron Curtain”
  7. 21. — British prime minister after WWII who supported NATO
  8. 22. — Former KGB chief who briefly led the Soviet Union
Down
  1. 1. — British prime minister and close ally of Reagan
  2. 3. — U.S.-backed leader of South Vietnam
  3. 4. — Chinese leader who introduced economic reforms
  4. 5. — Communist leader of North Korea during the Korean War
  5. 6. — U.S. president who escalated the Vietnam War
  6. 7. — U.S. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  7. 8. — East German leader who oversaw the building of the Berlin Wall
  8. 10. — U.S. president who introduced the Truman Doctrine to contain communism
  9. 12. — Anti-communist leader of South Korea
  10. 13. — Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  11. 16. — Soviet leader who introduced reforms that helped end the Cold War
  12. 17. — U.S. president who improved relations with China and the USSR
  13. 19. — Leader who kept Yugoslavia independent from Soviet Union
  14. 20. — Communist leader of Cuba during the Cold War