The Iron Triangle

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Across
  1. 1. The year the Berlin Wall was built, reinforcing the Iron Curtain
  2. 4. Churchill delivered his famous speech about the Iron Curtain in this U.S. state
  3. 9. The leader of the United States during the period of the Iron Curtain
  4. 11. Curtain, The barrier erected by the Soviet Union to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West
  5. 12. Country where reformers opened the border to the west, starting the fall of the Iron Curtain
  6. 13. The Iron Curtain separated Eastern and Central Europe from this side
  7. 15. Churchill's speech is considered one of the opening volleys announcing the beginning of this conflict
Down
  1. 2. The year Churchill delivered his famous speech
  2. 3. Churchill argued for a closer "special relationship" between the U.S. and this country
  3. 5. The term "Iron Curtain" refers to the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by this country
  4. 6. Region mentioned in Churchill's speech as the starting point of the Iron Curtain
  5. 7. The British Prime Minister who coined the term "Iron Curtain"
  6. 8. Czech authorities tried to stop East Germans from seeking refuge in this country's embass
  7. 10. This Czechoslovakian city was the site of a crucial moment in the fall of the Iron Curtain
  8. 14. The leader of the Soviet Union during the period of the Iron Curtain