The Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. A conflict between communist and anti-communist forces in Greece, regarded as the first Cold War conflict.
  2. 5. The first satellite launched into space, marking the beginning of the space race during the Cold War.
  3. 7. The plan that aimed to provide economic aid to Europe after WWII, particularly to help rebuild economies and prevent the spread of communism.
  4. 8. The economic and political program that aimed to rebuild and strengthen the Soviet economy and Eastern Europe, countering the Marshall Plan.
  5. 11. The 1946 document by George Kennan outlining the strategy of containment against Soviet expansion.
  6. 12. The wartime meeting of the "Big Three" in July-August 1945 that discussed the administration of post-war Germany.
  7. 13. Division of Germany's capital city during the Cold War.
  8. 14. Country where the first atomic bombs were dropped during World War II.
  9. 16. Conference where Allied leaders decided on post-war Europe's division.
  10. 17. The group of Eastern European countries dominated by the Soviet Union after World War II.
  11. 18. The 1956 crisis over the control of a strategic canal in Egypt, involving Britain, France, Israel, and the USSR.
  12. 19. Term for the ideological and political struggle between the USA and the Soviet Union after WWII.
  13. 22. The 1948-1949 operation in which Allied aircraft delivered food and supplies to a blockaded city in the Soviet zone of Germany.
  14. 23. Conflict in which North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, fought against South Korea and a UN coalition led by the USA.
  15. 24. Organization founded after WWII to promote international cooperation and prevent future wars.
  16. 25. The policy proposed by President Truman to provide political, military, and economic assistance to democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  17. 26. U.S. Senator who led a campaign against alleged communists in the U.S. government and other institutions during the early 1950s.
Down
  1. 1. American reconnaissance aircraft shot down by the Soviet Union in 1960, escalating Cold War tensions.
  2. 3. The site where the international military tribunal tried major war criminals from the Axis powers after World War II.
  3. 4. The name of the doctrine of mutually assured destruction that underpinned Cold War nuclear strategy.
  4. 6. The term used for the Soviet satellites' communist governments installed across Eastern Europe after WWII.
  5. 7. The secret program by the U.S. government to develop the atomic bomb.
  6. 9. British Prime Minister who succeeded Winston Churchill and played a key role in post-WWII reconstruction.
  7. 10. Military alliance formed in 1949 by Western European and North American countries to counter Soviet expansion.
  8. 15. The Soviet policy aimed at expanding and supporting communist movements worldwide.
  9. 18. Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and the early Cold War.
  10. 20. The U.S. policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism beyond its existing borders during the Cold War.
  11. 21. The concept of an impenetrable division separating Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe from the West, famously coined by Winston Churchill in 1946.
  12. 22. The 1947-1991 rivalry and tension characterized by proxy wars, espionage, and nuclear arms race between two superpowers.
  13. 25. Leader of the United States during the early Cold War period.
  14. 27. A secret intelligence-gathering and espionage organization formed in 1947 by the U.S. during the Cold War.