Iron Curtain (feb 18, 1945 – oct 20, 1992)
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The Iron Curtain is a term that received prominence after Winston Churchill’s speech in which he said that an “iron curtain has descended” across Europe. He was referring to the boundary line that divided Europe in two different political areas: Western Europe had political freedom, while Eastern Europe was under communist Soviet rule. The term also symbolized the way in which the Soviet Union blocked its territories from open contact with the West.
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https://www.historyonthenet.com/what-was-the-iron-curtain/
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Cold War
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