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Date:
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THE COLD WAR - 1945 to 1990
PEOPLE
1.
A Soviet leader who eventually succeeded Khrushchev
2.
The hardline Communist leader of East Germany who built the Berlin Wall
3.
American President who was elected in 1968 and improved relations with both the
USSR and China through personal visits. HE eventually left office in disgrace.
4.
US General who commanded UN troops during the Korean War
5.
Nixon's key foreign policy adviser
6.
Soviet leader who was highly suspicious of the west. He attended both the Yalta
and Potsdam conferences. He died in 1953.
7.
West German Chancellor who launched the policy of improving relations with East
Germany
8.
U2 pilot shot down over the Urals in 1960.
9.
American President who said that he would 'get tough' with the Soviets
10.
GARY POWERS
STALIN
NIXON
MACARTHUR
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This British Prime Minister was replaced by Attlee half way through the Potsdam
conference.
KISSINGER
ULBRICHT
BREZHNEV
TRUMAN
CHURCHILL
BRANDT
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Date:
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THE COLD WAR - 1945 to 1990
PEOPLE
1. BREZHNEV
A Soviet leader who eventually succeeded Khrushchev
2. ULBRICHT
The hardline Communist leader of East Germany who built the Berlin Wall
3. NIXON
American President who was elected in 1968 and improved relations with both the
USSR and China through personal visits. HE eventually left office in disgrace.
4. MACARTHUR
US General who commanded UN troops during the Korean War
5. KISSINGER
Nixon's key foreign policy adviser
6. STALIN
Soviet leader who was highly suspicious of the west. He attended both the Yalta
and Potsdam conferences. He died in 1953.
7. BRANDT
West German Chancellor who launched the policy of improving relations with East
Germany
8. GARY POWERS
U2 pilot shot down over the Urals in 1960.
9. TRUMAN
American President who said that he would 'get tough' with the Soviets
10. CHURCHILL
GARY POWERS
STALIN
NIXON
MACARTHUR
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This British Prime Minister was replaced by Attlee half way through the Potsdam
conference.
KISSINGER
ULBRICHT
BREZHNEV
TRUMAN
CHURCHILL
BRANDT
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Name:
Date:
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THE COLD WAR - 1945 to 1990
PEOPLE
1.
Replaced Churchill halfway through Potsdam as British Prime Minister
2.
This British Prime Minister was replaced by Attlee half way through the Potsdam
conference.
3.
A Soviet leader who eventually succeeded Khrushchev
4.
West German Chancellor who launched the policy of improving relations with East
Germany
5.
American President who died just before the end of World War Two.
6.
Pro-American Cuban dictator who was toppled by a revolutionary lawyer on New
Year's Day 1959
7.
North Korea's Communist leader
8.
U2 pilot shot down over the Urals in 1960.
9.
Soviet leader who came to power in 1985 and who saw the need for better
relations with the west.
10.
Overthrew Batista to take charge of Cuba in 1959
11.
Became leader of the Czech Communist Party in 1967 and proposed ""socialism
with a human face!
12.
Stalin's Foreign Minister during and just after WW2
13.
American President who was elected in 1968 and improved relations with both
the USSR and China through personal visits. HE eventually left office in disgrace.
14.
American President at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
15.
US General who commanded UN troops during the Korean War
CASTRO
KENNEDY
KIM IL SUNG
MACARTHUR
BRANDT
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DUBCEK
ROOSEVELT
GORBACHEV
BREZHNEV
ATLEE
BATISTA
CHURCHILL
MOLOTOV
NIXON
GARY POWERS
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Date:
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THE COLD WAR - 1945 to 1990
PEOPLE
1. ATLEE
Replaced Churchill halfway through Potsdam as British Prime Minister
2. CHURCHILL
This British Prime Minister was replaced by Attlee half way through the Potsdam
conference.
3. BREZHNEV
A Soviet leader who eventually succeeded Khrushchev
4. BRANDT
West German Chancellor who launched the policy of improving relations with East
Germany
5. ROOSEVELT
American President who died just before the end of World War Two.
6. BATISTA
Pro-American Cuban dictator who was toppled by a revolutionary lawyer on New
Year's Day 1959
7. KIM IL SUNG
North Korea's Communist leader
8. GARY POWERS
U2 pilot shot down over the Urals in 1960.
9. GORBACHEV
Soviet leader who came to power in 1985 and who saw the need for better
relations with the west.
10. CASTRO
Overthrew Batista to take charge of Cuba in 1959
11. DUBCEK
Became leader of the Czech Communist Party in 1967 and proposed ""socialism
with a human face!
12. MOLOTOV
Stalin's Foreign Minister during and just after WW2
13. NIXON
American President who was elected in 1968 and improved relations with both
the USSR and China through personal visits. HE eventually left office in disgrace.
14. KENNEDY
American President at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
15. MACARTHUR
US General who commanded UN troops during the Korean War
CASTRO
KENNEDY
KIM IL SUNG
MACARTHUR
BRANDT
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DUBCEK
ROOSEVELT
GORBACHEV
BREZHNEV
ATLEE
BATISTA
CHURCHILL
MOLOTOV
NIXON
GARY POWERS
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