Proxy Wars Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. This communist part of Korea invaded the other side to start the Korean war
  2. 7. The communist government in North Vietnam backed by the USSR
  3. 9. This "effect" is the fear that if one nation falls to communism then the surrounding countries would as well
  4. 11. US general to aided South Korea in recapturing their territory and pushing communism back north
  5. 13. 1.6 million of these perished due to the Korean war
  6. 14. Khrushchev was the leader of this nation
  7. 16. This thick geographical feature made combat difficult in Vietnam
  8. 18. Political and economic system of North Korea
  9. 20. Kennedy created this around Cuba to cut off any extra support from the Soviets
  10. 23. US President who pulled the US out of Vietnam
  11. 24. The US had been positioning their own missile supply here in Southern Europe
  12. 25. US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Down
  1. 1. Vietnam today is controlled by this party
  2. 2. Korea's ________ was brutal for both sides and caused a stalemate
  3. 3. This treaty ended the Korean War and solidified the nation as divided
  4. 5. Years the Vietnam War lasted
  5. 6. Defcon-"_____" was called by Kennedy, a national alert of nuclear war
  6. 8. US president who has a "doctrine" and sent aid to South Korea
  7. 9. This was used by the US military in 1965 and was very unpopular with American citizens
  8. 10. A US spy plane spotted this on the island of Cuba that could easily hit North America
  9. 12. US policy under the Truman Doctrine in which communism's spread is prevented around the world
  10. 15. Khrushchev wrote this to Kennedy to avoid World War III
  11. 17. This European nation had colonized Vietnam but ended its rule after World War II
  12. 19. A war instigated by a major super power but which it doesn't itself become involved
  13. 21. Country split along the 38th parallel
  14. 22. Communist dictator in Cuba who was backed by the Soviets