mar 5, 1946 - Winston Chruchill gives the Iron curtin speech

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"Winston Churchill, recently turned out of office, gave the second speech in the improbably setting of Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, with president Truman sitting at his side. “From Stetting in the Balti to Teiste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." (Gaddis 2006, p. 95)

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