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Cold War In Europe

2026, 3rd Trimester, Diana Muñoz: The Cold War In Europe Crossword Review

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Warsaw Pact Military alliance created by the Soviet Union to counter NATO.
Stalin’s Carpet Nickname for the bed of nails along the Berlin Wall.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights UN document created to ensure rights for people across the globe.
Stalin Soviet leader who directed the USSR through the early Cold War years.
Khrushchev Soviet leader during the Berlin Crisis and Hungarian Uprising.
Turkey Country the Truman Doctrine first helped along with Greece.
Occupation Zones Divisions of Germany after World War II.
Nuclear bombs Weapons used by the US in WWII against Japan.
Super Powers Name for the US and USSR during the Cold War.
Containment US foreign policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism.
Cold War Long period of tension between the US and USSR after WWII.
Walter Ulbricht East German leader during the Berlin Crisis.
Marshall Plan US program that provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
Berlin Wall Barrier built to separate East and West Berlin.
Blockade Soviet action that caused the Berlin Airlift.
20% Percentage of East Germans who had fled to West Germany by 1961.
NATO Military alliance created by the US and Western allies.
Satellite States Soviet-controlled countries in Eastern Europe.
Truman Doctrine US policy promising support to nations resisting communism.
Imre Nagy Hungarian leader who tried to remove Hungary from the Warsaw Pact.
Nuremberg German city where Nazi war crime trials were held.
Brezhnev Doctrine Policy stating the USSR could intervene in Eastern Europe to stop countries from rejecting communism.
Stasi Secret police force of East Germany.
Airlift US and British response to the Berlin Blockade.
Prague Spring Reform movement in Czechoslovakia that tried to loosen Soviet control.
Poland Country connected to both the start of WWII and Cold War tensions.
Japan Country bombed by the US during WWII.
Iron Curtain Term used by Churchill to describe the division between communist and non-communist Europe.
Veto Special power held by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Checkpoint Charlie Famous crossing point between East and West Berlin.
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