The Iron curtain

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Across
  1. 3. Eastern European nation where Solidarity sparked resistance to Soviet rule
  2. 4. Country split into two ideological halves after World War II
  3. 5. Soviet leader during the early Iron Curtain era
  4. 8. : Leader of the USSR at the early height of the Iron Curtain era
  5. 10. City where an airlift in 1948 demonstrated Western resistance to Soviet blocka
  6. 11. U.S. intelligence agency during the Cold War
  7. 12. U.S. president who declared Tear down this wall!
  8. 13. PACT: PACT soviet-led military alliance formed in 1955
Down
  1. 1. Divided city that became a symbol of Cold War tension
  2. 2. WAR: Cold War period marked by high tensions but no direct superpower war
  3. 4. Soviet policy of controlling satellite states through strict oversight
  4. 6. AIRLIFT 1948–49 Western effort to supply a blockaded city by air
  5. 7. CURTAIN: Churchill delivered this famous 1946 speech in Missouri
  6. 9. REVOLT: Short-lived 1956 uprising against Soviet control in Eastern Europe
  7. 14. Eastern bloc security agency known for surveillance and repression