Cold war crossword

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  1. 5. a Soviet politician, political theorist and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party
  2. 8. Country where the Soviet Union fought a long and wasteful war against rebels called the Mujahideen
  3. 10. German philosopher and author who wrote about the idea of communism as a government
  4. 12. leader Mikhail ______ brought reform to the Soviet Union and helped to end the Cold War
  5. 14. War fought at the 38th parallel
  6. 15. When the Soviet Union set up nuclear missiles in Cuba
  7. 18. A botched attempt by the US to take over the government of Fidel Castro
  8. 19. The ____ Doctrine was a US policy designed to stop the spread of communism
  9. 20. Senator Joseph ____ orchestrated the Red Scare against communism in the United States
  10. 21. Neil ____ was the first man to set foot on the Moon
  11. 23. ____ Pact was an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries
  12. 25. American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
  13. 26. Ho ____ Minh :Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam war
  14. 28. The director of the CIA under Eisenhower, who advocated extensive use of Covert Operations. Most notable among his initiatives were U.S.-sponsored coups in Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954
  15. 30. The ___ Curtain
  16. 31. An easing of relations between the Soviet Union and the US
  17. 32. City with a wall around it to prevent people from escaping from East Germany
  18. 33. The Yom Kippur War was fought between this country and the Arab states of Egypt and Syria
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  1. 1. The nationalist, Communist leader of the Viet Minh movement, which sought to liberate Vietnam from French colonial rule throughout the 1950s
  2. 2. The subject of this crossword puzzle
  3. 3. United States president who said “tear down this wall”
  4. 4. Leader of Cuba
  5. 6. Acronym for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
  6. 7. She was the British Prime Minister during much the Cold War
  7. 9. A _____ weapon uses nuclear forces to create an enormous explosion
  8. 11. was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955
  9. 13. of the Soviet Union where there was no private property
  10. 16. ___ Zedong was the founder of Communist China
  11. 17. The United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war were often called by this name to reflect their military strength
  12. 22. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  13. 24. The Berlin ____ was when the Allies flew food and supplies over East Germany to the city of Berlin
  14. 25. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs
  15. 27. The Suez Crisis occurred when Egypt took control of this waterway
  16. 29. The _____ Union was the superpower that fought the cold war against the United States