An 'Iron Curtain' - 'from Stettin in the north to Trieste in the south'.
"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
His description was an 'Iron Curtain' had descended upon Soviet controlled territories .
An 'iron curtain'
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".
Winston Churchill. The former Prime Minister was in the US and speaking at tiny Fulton College in Missouri when he said "From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic an Iron Curtain has descended on Europe". Churchill always had quite a turn of phrase.
The Soviet Union installing communist governments in Eastern Europe.
He said an "iron curtain" has descended across the continent.
He said in his 1946 speech, 'from Stettin in the north to Trieste in the South, an iron curtain has descended over Europe'.
Coined by Sir Winston Churchill in an address to Westminster College, March 1946. He stated that 'an Iron Curtain had descended across Europe.....we are all subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to increasing measures of control from Moscow'
Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill. The former Prime Minister was in the US and speaking at tiny Fulton College in Missouri when he said "From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic an Iron Curtain has descended on Europe". Churchill always had quite a turn of phrase.
Yes. In a speech at Fulton Missouri in 1946, he said that 'from Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended over Europe'.