Answer this question… Great Britain, a NATO country, had a democratic government. East Germany, a member of the Warsaw Pact, had a communist government.
The Iron Curtain was a metaphor for the Stalin's seemingly impenetrable partition of Europe between an authoritarian east and democratic west. Among the most symbolic manifestations to the Iron Curtain was the Berlin Wall.
The iron curtain was just a term used to symbolize the wall between the east and western countries. It was not a real curtain.
It was disestablished in 1991, but when it was existent, its members included: Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe organized in 1955 in answer to NATO.
If you are thinking of the "iron curtain" or the "Berlin Wall", then understand that the 'Bad Guys', the Communist governments of the Soviet Union & its puppets states in Eastern Europe (including East Germany) created these fences, walls & minefields to imprison its own population and keep them from escaping to the west (where the 'Good Guys' were). It would be the responsibility of NATO (good guys) to keep the 'bad guys' from attacking the western nations (mainly West Germany).
During the Cold War, the nation of Germany was partitioned into two nations, which were West Germany, which was allied with NATO, and East Germany, which was a member of the Warsaw Pact.
No. Jordan is not part of the NATO, but a member in UN. Jordan is an Arab country located in the middle east, sharing borders with Israel.
The United Kingdom, a NATO country, had a democratic government. East Germany, a member of the Warsaw Pact, had a communist government.
Many people called the differences between the West and East Europe the Iron Curtain because of the Soviet Union's unwillingness to join NATO when the term was first used.
East Germany was geographically divided from the other Warsaw Pact nations, as it shared a border with West Germany, which was a member of NATO. The division was symbolized by the Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin.
Answer this question… Great Britain, a NATO country, had a democratic government. East Germany, a member of the Warsaw Pact, had a communist government.
No, the Iron Curtain is a term that refers to the vast divide between eastern and Western Europe that developed after World War Two. Generally speaking it separated NATO powers in the West from WARSAW PACT powers in the East. There was no physical "curtain" or boundary, rather more of an metaphorical divide.
The Iron Curtain was a metaphor for the Stalin's seemingly impenetrable partition of Europe between an authoritarian east and democratic west. Among the most symbolic manifestations to the Iron Curtain was the Berlin Wall.
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
The United Kingdom, a NATO country, had a democratic government. East Germany, a member of the Warsaw Pact, had a communist government.
The United Kingdom, a NATO country, had a democratic government. East Germany, a member of the Warsaw Pact, had a communist government.
The NATO countries and Warsaw Pact countries were effectively divided by the Iron Curtain of the Cold War. Turkey, West Germany, and Greece are NATO countries bordering the Warsaw Pact countries of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Albania, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia.