The Iron Curtain (jan 1, 1946 – dec 31, 1946)
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The allies could do nothing to prevent the spread of communism in Eastern Europe
In 1946, Churchill said: “A shadow has fallen on the Allied victory. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has fallen across the continent. Behind that line all the states of Central and Eastern Europe are being controlled from Moscow”
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USA 1945 - 1974
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