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Great Britain's Winston churchillsescribed the spread if communism in Europe as what?
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∙ 7y ago
an iron curtain
In a speech at Westminster College, Fulton Missouri on March 5th 1946, he said that "from Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended over Europe".
It sounds like you are referring to the term "iron curtain" which had been used previously but which was picked up by Churchill as a theme in describing the spread of Communism in Europe.
Churchill used the term "iron curtain" in a 12 May 1945 telegram he sent to U.S. President Harry S. Truman regarding his concern about Soviet actions, stating
[a]n iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind.
Churchill repeated the words in another telegram to President Truman on 4 June 1945, in which he protested against such a U.S. retreat to what was earlier designated as, and ultimately became, the U.S. occupation zone, saying the military withdrawal would bring
Soviet power into the heart of Western Europe and the descent of an iron curtain between us and everything to the eastward.
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What did Great Britain's Winston Churchill describe the spread of communism in Europe as what?
The term Cold War came from Churchill.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill likened Communism to what kind of curtain?
Winston Churchill described the border between the communist Eastern Europe and the West as an iron curtain.
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.
Why did Winston Churchhill give his iron curtian speech?
After ww2, Churchill gave this speech because Europe was now divided by communism and non communism. The imaginary iron curtain that divided these two governments and economies is what he refers to in the speech
Was western Europe influ enced by communism?
No, Eastern Europe was influenced by communism. Western Europe has always been democratic since the spread of Modern Democracy.
How did Britains goals in the congress of Vienna differ from the countries in mainland Europe?
The answer is in of it's self
What area of Europe did the collapse of communism occur first?
Eastern Europe
The iron curtain and Berlin wall fell in which year?
The 'iron curtain' was taken from a speech by Winston Churchill at Fulton Missouri in 1946. He was talking about the spread of communism in Eastern Europe and said that 'from Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended over Europe'. He meant that Europe was now split into two zones - East and West. This didn't change until the fall of communism in 1991.
What is Britains Continent?
It's an island, usually considered to be part of the continengt of Europe.
What was the goal of aid provided through the Marshall Plan?
The goal of aid provided through the Marshall Plan was to decrease the appeal of communism in Western Europe.
What does the phrase iron curtain stand for in history?
It refers to the separation between communist Eastern Europe and free Western Europe, coined by Winston Churchill in a speech at Westminster College on March 5, 1946.
How would marshall plan weaken communism?
The plan weakened communism by restoring the economic growth of Europe.
