Europe after World War II

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Across
  1. 3. Competition to build nuclear weapons
  2. 6. Famous crossing point between East and West Berlin
  3. 8. Soviet‑led military alliance in Eastern Europe
  4. 10. Economic system of Western Europe and the U.S.
  5. 11. Soviet leader who tightened control over Eastern Europe
  6. 12. U.S. policy promising aid to nations resisting communism
  7. 17. Military alliance formed by Western democracies
  8. 18. Period of tension between the U.S. and USSR
  9. 19. U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism
Down
  1. 1. Eastern European nations under Soviet influence
  2. 2. Barrier built to stop East Germans from fleeing to the West
  3. 4. Operation supplying West Berlin during Soviet blockade
  4. 5. Political system dominating Eastern Europe after WWII
  5. 7. City split between communist East and democratic West
  6. 9. Information used to influence public opinion during the Cold War
  7. 11. Eastern European countries controlled by the USSR
  8. 13. Process of Germany becoming one nation again in 1990
  9. 14. Political and physical division between East and West Europe
  10. 15. System of government promoted in Western Europe
  11. 16. U.S. program providing economic aid to rebuild Europe