The Iron Curtain Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. This river was a significant natural barrier between East and West Germany.
  2. 4. Leader of East Germany during the Cold War
  3. 5. challenged Communist rule
  4. 8. Agreement between the US and the USSR that established spheres of influence in Europe.
  5. 11. prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany
  6. 12. Leader of Yugoslavia, who pursued a policy of non-alignment during the Cold War.
  7. 14. Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. 15. The Iron Curtain separated this capital city from the rest of Europe.
  9. 16. Strategy employed by the US to prevent the spread of communism.
Down
  1. 1. Famous speech delivered in Fulton, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Cold War.
  2. 2. Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia were among these countries in Eastern Europe.
  3. 6. Abbreviation for the organization established for collective defense against the Soviet Union.
  4. 7. ideological division between Eastern and Western Europe.
  5. 9. City in the United States where Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron Curtain speech.
  6. 10. Event in 1956 where Hungarians rose against Communist rule, resulting in Soviet intervention.
  7. 13. collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union