Immediately after the end of WW2. The Soviets (Russians) were determined to place a government of their own choosing in Poland without interference from Britain or the US. (or Poland for that matter !)
The term Iron Curtain symbolized the boundary between the conflicting sides of Europe. It fell at the end of the Cold War in 1991.
In 1956, there was an uprising behind the iron curtain in Hungary. The uprising was named the Hungarian Revolution and lasted for only a few weeks. During this time 3000 men, women, and children of Hungary were killed.
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The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical 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.
During the Iron Curtain, Churchill warned that the Communist tyranny was threatening Europe. Truman invited Churchill where he alerted the free world by saying "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent
Winston Churchill first coined the term "Iron Curtain" in his 'Sinews of Peace' address to Westminster College in Fulton , Missouri . ~ See related link below to further information regarding the Iron Curtain .
The 'iron curtain' was taken from a speech by Winston Churchill at Fulton Missouri in 1946. He was talking about the spread of communism in Eastern Europe and said that 'from Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended over Europe'. He meant that Europe was now split into two zones - East and West. This didn't change until the fall of communism in 1991.
The iron curtain speech took place on March 5th 1946 at Westminster college in Fulton Missouri.
an iron curtain fell across europe and the berlin wall was put up
The Iron Curtain.
No. It was like invisible, there were only military forces. The term "iron curtain" was just a metaphor.
Yugoslavia and Albania were the cracks in the iron curtain.
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Gorbachev is given credit for ending the Iron Curtain.
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The Iron Curtain divided Europe into two halves, east and west. The western democratic countries were on the side of the United States. The eastern communist countries were on the side of the Soviet Union. The Iron Curtain fell when communism collapsed and the eastern European countries became democratic.
Yes, Romania was inside the Iron Curtain.
Yes, Romania was inside the Iron Curtain.