Indochinese Wars Revision

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Across
  1. 2. General Secretary of Vietnam Communist Party, influential in post-war reunification and reconstruction.
  2. 6. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Western military alliance (founded 1949).
  3. 8. Charismatic U.S. President, faced Cuban Missile Crisis, assassinated in 1963.
  4. 10. Strategy to prevent communist expansion through diplomatic and military means.
  5. 13. Geopolitical tension and rivalry between the USA and USSR (1947-1991).
  6. 14. Southeast Asian nation, site of major Cold War conflict (1955-1975).
  7. 16. Opposition to communist ideology and influence on a global scale.
  8. 17. 36th U.S. President, signed Civil Rights Act, escalated Vietnam War, faced domestic unrest.
  9. 18. Decisive 1954 battle led to French withdrawal from Vietnam.
Down
  1. 1. Military alliance of Eastern Bloc countries led by the USSR.
  2. 3. Soviet leader, transformed USSR, played a key role in World War II.
  3. 4. Belief that if one country falls to communism, neighboring nations follow.
  4. 5. WWII hero, 34th U.S. President, promoted civil rights, launched the interstate highway system.
  5. 7. Naval incidents in 1964 escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
  6. 9. Indirect conflict between superpowers using local allies as surrogates.
  7. 11. Communist leader of North Vietnam, key figure in Vietnam's struggle for independence.
  8. 12. South Vietnam's first president, faced controversy, assassinated during Vietnam War.
  9. 15. U.S. President (1945-1953), oversaw the end of WWII, ordered atomic bombings on Japan.