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During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a political metaphor used to describe the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
May 9, 2024 · Iron Curtain, political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the U.S.S.R after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. The term came to prominence after its use in a speech by Winston Churchill.
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J. Llewellyn & S. Thompson, “The Iron Curtain”, Alpha History, accessed [today’s date], https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/iron-curtain/. The Iron Curtain was a name, coined by Winston Churchill, for the dividing line between Western democracies and the Soviet regimes of eastern Europe.
The Iron Curtain is a Western term made famous by Winston Churchill referring to the boundary which symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II, until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1990.
Learn about the term, the division, and the fall of the Iron Curtain that marked the Cold War era in Europe. Find out how the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev's reforms, and the Soviet Union's collapse contributed to the end of the Curtain.
Iron Curtain, political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the U.S.S.R after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. The term came to prominence after its use in a speech by Winston Churchill.
Apr 19, 2024 · Winston Churchill delivered the Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri, U.S., on March 5, 1946. In it he stressed the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism, which had lowered an “iron curtain” across Europe.
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