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The Iron Curtain divided Europe from the Communist Bloc during the Cold War. It was built in various places of stone, chain link, or barbed wire, with watchtowers and checkpoints guarding its length. "The Berlin Wall" separating East and West Berlin in Germany was undoubtedly the finest example of the physical and ideological barrier of the Iron Curtain.
Well. The Berlin wall was a part of the "iron curtain". The term is derived from a speech of Sir Winston Churchill`s "Iron Curtain Speech" in Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946.
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in some cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow."
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What was built following World War 2 that separated Germany?
The Iron Curtain (completed in 1952) and the Berlin Wall (1961). The iron curtain was an analogy. It was used to describe that eastern Europe was mostly communist, whlie western Europe was mostly democratic. The Iron Curtain wasn't an actual place.
What did Wiston Churchill mean by an iron curtain and what did it separate?
The iron curtain was an official border (not really iron or a curtain) in the middle of Germany. Its made it clear that West Germany and East Berlin had their own side of the country. But now, they are all one country, Germany but Berlin IS the capital.
Was the iron curtain a product of nazi Germany or the soviet union?
The iron curtain was a product of the Soviet union and the spread of communism through eastern europe through the 1950s and 60s. There was a gigantic ideological and economical divide between communist eastern european countries and the capitalist western european countries. The communist countries were believed to be behind an "iron curtain" as Winston Churchill put it. The biggest physical symbol of this was the Berlin Wall.
The iron curtain and Berlin wall fell in which year?
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.
Who was affected by the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Generally, the world. The Berlin Wall was a small physical representation of the Iron Curtain. The Iron Curtain divided Europe into East and West Germany and Berlin was at the heart of this miserable division. East and West Berliners and East and West Germans specifically were affected some call it beneficial others called it good intially, then after the glitz and glamour of the fall of the wall, people, mainly East Berliners and East Germans found they were leaft in the dust as a result of the fall.
What did Winston Churchill call the Berlin wall?
The "Iron Curtain"
What was the nickname of the Berlin Wall?
The Iron Curtain.
What are the two terms used to describe the dividing line between eastern and western communist and non-Communist areas?
The Berlin Wall and the Iron curtain, its right. :)
What event comes first the collapse of the iron curtain or the Berlin wall being torn down?
The Berlin Wall "represented" the iron curtain. Strictly symbolic.
Who named the Berlin Wall the iron curtain?
Churchill
How is the Berlin Wall and iron curtain alike?
They were both a separation of West and East; the Berlin Wall was seen as the 'physical' Iron Curtain that Winston Churchill had spoken of in his speech.
Which great foreign diplomat coined the phrase iron curtain?
Winston Churchill coined the phrase iron curtain. The iron curtain referred to the Berlin Wall which separated Eastern and Western Europe. The Berlin Wall goes right through the center of Berlin, Germany.
What is 'The Wall' in Germany called?
It was called the 'Berlin Wall' or the 'Iron Curtain'.
What was the term that described the dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and non COnmmunist Western Europe?
The Iron Curtain.
What is an example of the iron curtain?
Fall of Berlin Wall in November 1989
Why did the iron curtain start?
the berlin wall split germany and thats it big reason maybe
What was Stalin's reaction to the iron curtain speech?
Stalin died in 1953; the Berlin Wall went up in about '60/61.
