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Was the iron curtain an actual iron curtain?
No. It was like invisible, there were only military forces. The term "iron curtain" was just a metaphor.
Where are the cracks in the iron curtain as seen on the map?
Yugoslavia and Albania were the cracks in the iron curtain.
Who gave the iron curtain speech what does the iron curtain refer to?
Winston Churchill applied the phrase "Iron Curtain" to the situation in Europe after World War II. Queen Elisabeth of Belgium had previously used it after World War I. It was used by some else first. Not the queen of Belgium either.
Which statement best describes the balance of power in Europe after World War 2?
"Iron Curtain" had divided the continent into two opposing camps.
Was Russia part of the iron curtain?
Russia was on the other side of the iron curtain-and the main reason why it was created.
An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent who said this?
Winston Churchill
What phrase did Winston Churchill use to describe the partitioning of Europe after the Second World War?
He said an "iron curtain" has descended across the continent.
What was Winston churchill referring to when he said that an iron curtain has descended across the continent?
The Soviet Union installing communist governments in Eastern Europe.
In 1946 the british prime minister said in a speech that an iron curtain had fallen across the European continent this iron curtain was?
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What did Winston Churchill use as an image to describe the division of europe?
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." ~ Winston Churchill, speech at Fulton, Missouri, 1946
What term did Churchill coin regarding the domination of Eastern Europe?
Iron Curtain. An Iron Curtain has descended from.....
According to Winston Churchill what descended across Europe after world war 2?
An 'Iron Curtain' - 'from Stettin in the north to Trieste in the south'.
Who established the iron curtain?
Winston Churchill in one of his speeches said "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent." As with any saying nobody really created it but Winston Churchill made it famous. The first time this saying was ever used was in 1819 and it was used in the sense of an impenetrable barrier. I hope this answers your question.
What does 'a new dark age has descended upon the continent' mean from the speech of Winston churchill?
This is from the famous 'Iron Curtain' speech made by Winston Churchill at Fulton Missouri in 1946. He was talking about the increasing Soviet influence in eastern Europe. He also said in his speech, "from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended over Europe".
Iron Curtain is controlled by Nazis Germany or the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain was a term coined in the years after the war by Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union's control of the countries of Central Europe. "From Stetin on the Baltic, to Trieste on the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended upon the Continent," Churchill spoke in a famous speech in Saint Louis, MO, after the war.
Why didn't Stalin want people to leave Russia causing him to put up the Iron Curtain?
The Iron Curtain was a rhetorical device in a Churchill speech. He said, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." By this he meant that no one could leave the countries that were to the east of that line. There wasn't actually a huge metal curtain between the West and East. Stalin didn't want anyone to leave the Soviet Union because he knew everyone would leave. He knew communism is not a popular system of government.
When did churchill call Europe an iron curtain?
Churchill condemned the Soviet Unions policies in Europe and declared that from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across Europe. Part of a speech given at Fulton, Missouri, March 1946
