Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. Who were the militant group of Vietnamese soldiers the US fighting in Vietnam?
  2. 7. Which term refers to the theory that use of any more nuclear weapons after WW2 would start a chain reaction leading to the end of the world?
  3. 10. Which event in June 1956 included the people of an Eastern European country rebelling against Soviet rule?
  4. 13. Who was USSR Premier 1964-82?
  5. 14. What was the name of the first successful satellite sent to space in 1957?
  6. 15. Who was president 1963-9?
  7. 16. What did the US claim the U2 spy plane was monitoring?
  8. 17. Who was president 1969-74?
  9. 19. What term refers to the competition between the US and USSR in terms of nuclear capacity?
  10. 21. Which parallel divided Korea into North and South?
  11. 23. Which 1968 event wanted to remove state control of the economy and barriers on freedom of speech?
  12. 25. What is the name of the 1948 US initiative to help the economies of Western Europe to recover after World War Two and make them less likely to be won over by communism?
  13. 27. What is the name of the initiative whereby the US dropped aid into West Germany?
  14. 28. Who was president 1945-53?
  15. 29. What is the name given to the invisible divide down Europe?
  16. 33. What is the name of the Soviet organisation set up in response to NATO?
  17. 35. What term refers to the competition between the US and USSR to explore beyond Earth?
  18. 38. Which Soviet organisation, also known as the Communist Information Bureau, was set up in 1947?
  19. 40. What is the name of the warfare used in Vietnam?
  20. 41. Who was president 1981-9?
  21. 42. Which power turned communist in 1949?
  22. 45. What was the first country the USSR invaded in 1945?
  23. 46. Which organisation coordinated the Western intervention in the Korean War?
  24. 48. The Big 3 were Churchill, Stalin and who?
  25. 49. Who was president 1953-61?
  26. 50. Who was president 1961-3?
  27. 51. What is the name given to the development and testing of the atomic bomb?
Down
  1. 1. As well as Korea, where else in Asia were the US at war?
  2. 2. What is the name given to the period of the 1970s meaning the relaxing of tension?
  3. 3. What did Stalin start on On 24 June 1948?
  4. 4. Which May 1960 meeting ended in failure due to the U2 mission?
  5. 5. Which event from 16 Oct 1962 – 29 Oct 1962 was the closest point during the whole Cold War to nuclear disaster?
  6. 8. What does NATO stand for?
  7. 9. Who piloted the U2 spy plane?
  8. 11. Which Japanese city had the second atomic bomb dropped on it three days later?
  9. 12. Who was USSR Premier 1953-64?
  10. 18. Which divisive structure began assembly on 13 August 1961?
  11. 20. Who was USSR Premier 1929-53?
  12. 22. Which country launched the first successful telecommunications satellite in 1957?
  13. 24. Which agreement ended the Vietnam War?
  14. 26. What did Khruschev demand from Eisenhower in 1960 that he refused?
  15. 30. What was the last country the USSR invaded in 1948?
  16. 31. Which chemical was dropped on the Vietnamese people by the US during the Vietnam War?
  17. 32. What is the name of the March 1947 speech given by the US president promising to aid any country under the 'threat' of communism?
  18. 34. Which US leader wanted to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War?
  19. 36. Which July 1945 meeting finalised a post-war settlement and put into action all the things agreed at the February meeting?
  20. 37. How many zones was Germany divided into after WW2?
  21. 39. Which meeting held in February 1945 decided what to do with Germany once it had been defeated?
  22. 43. Who was president 1977-81?
  23. 44. Which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb dropped on, on 6th August 1945?
  24. 47. Who was president 1974-7?