Cold War Crossword

33rd President of the United States. Led the U.S. to victory in WWII making the ultimate decision to use atomic weapons for the first time
A fortified wall constructed around the Western zones of Berlin in 1961, to prevent the escape and defection of East Germans to the West. It remained a symbol of Cold War division until 1989
Bold, aggressive or risky measures that risk war, to pressure the other side to back down
Anti-communist theory, contending that the rise of communism in one country would inevitably lead to it spreading to neighbouring countries, particularly in Asia
A civil defence slogan, used to teach American citizens how to respond in the event of a nuclear strike
A term invented by Winston Churchill to describe the political and physical barriers between the Soviet bloc and the ‘free’ countries of Europe
Two periods of anti-communist hysteria in the United States, the first following the Russian Revolution, the second in the late 1940s and early 1950s
US-Soviet competition in rocket technology and space exploration, between the 1950s and 1975
1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
(1962) crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba