Beginning of the Cold War

4. Political barrier between the US and Soviet political blocs in Europe, very hard to cross
6. American General who oversaw a plan to rebuild western Europe after World War II
8. Soviet solution to East German citizens in Berlin leaving for the West
9. Economic system and ideology that promotes central planning and government control of property
11. Capital of Germany, after WWII located in Soviet zone of control but internally divided
12. Alliance of western European nations and the United States against Communist expansion from 1949
13. Central European country which rose up in rebellion to leave the Warsaw Pact in 1956
15. Capital of the Soviet Union (USSR)
17. Conference and where disagreements began to emerge between the western Allies and the USSR
20. Alliance in eastern and central Europe created under the leadership of the Soviet Union
21. Western Allies' solution to Stalin cutting off supplies to Western Berlin
22. Animal symbol of the Soviet Union and Russia, known to survive harsh winters by resting in dens

1. Leader of the UK during WWII, lost an election and replaced early in the Cold War by Clement Attlee
2. Goal of the Truman Doctrine to stop the spread of Communism around the world
3. Economic system and ideology that promotes the use of markets and private business
5. President of the USA during the beginning stages of the Cold War
7. Japanese city that was bombed in the first use of an atomic weapon in warfare
10. Leader of the Soviet Union during the earliest stages of the Cold War
14. Communist state in the Balkans that was independent of the Soviet Union
16. Conflict between the two remaining global superpowers after WII, never involved direct fighting between them
18. Common enemy of the USA and the Soviet Union during World War II
19. Conference where the political future of Europe and other states was agreed upon by the Allies