| Clue | Answer |
| Figure in dollars of the assistance given by the USA | |
| Attempt by Stalin to remove western influence from Berlin in 1948 | |
| Western response which lasted 11 months | |
| State created in the East of Germany | |
| State created in the West of Germany | |
| Military alliance signed by USA and other western powers to stand firm against Soviet expansion | |
| Its Soviet and Eastern European equivalent signed in 1955 | |
| Year that China became communist | |
| Leader of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| Dividing line between North and South Korea | |
| Leader of the communist North | |
| Leader of the pro-Western South | |
| Following invasion by the North, the only part of the South left unoccupied | |
| Organisation which supported military response | |
| Head of the military operation to support South Korea | |
| Seaborne operation to claim back territory | |
| Country which intervened after the North was pushed back | |
| Situation in war 1951-53 where there was little change | |
| Armistice to end the hostilities | |
| New US president in 1953 | |
| Soviet leader who emerged following death of Stalin in 1953 | |
| His policy of criticising his predecessor | |
| Name given to his aim of better co-operation with the west | |
| Term for the improvement in Cold War relations | |
| tempered somewhat what the devastating power of this new weapon | |