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The Soviet Union
Iron Curtain Cold War Soviet Union Red Army
West Berlin
West Germany France Communists East Germany
United States
Berlin Airlift satellites Allied Powers
The Soviet Union fought on the side of the (1) Allied Powers
during World War II.
As the war neared an end, the (2)
freed a number of Eastern European
countries from German control. Soviet troops remained in these countries after the war and
helped the (3)
take over the governments there. By 1948, seven
communist countries had fallen under the control of the (4)
These
Russian (5)
were Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,
Romania, and Yugoslavia.
Meanwhile, the Allied Powers divided Germany into four occupation zones under the
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United States, Great Britain, (6).
and the Soviet Union. The American,
British, and French zones were eventually united to form (7)
The
Soviets, who opposed the reunification of Germany, called their zone (8)
West Germany had a democratic government and East Germany a communist government.
The city of Berlin, located inside of East Germany, was also divided into two parts. The
Russians decided to blockade free (9)
in an attempt to take control of it.
The (10)
responded by organizing the (11)
Massive amounts of food, medicine, and other supplies were flown into the city, prompting the
Russians to end the blockade.
The events in Germany and the establishment of Russian satellites in Eastern Europe
marked the beginning of the (12)
a period of tension between the Soviet
Union and the United States. The Soviets placed tight restrictions on travel, communication,
and trade between Eastern Europe and the West. Winston Churchill observed that an
(13)
had descended across the continent.