What did the iron curtain refer to?

Answer 1

It came from a speech Winston Churchill made and refers to the Soviet Union having a "wall" of sorts closing off the Soviet empire from the rest of the world. In the case of East Berlin, a literal wall. But elsewhere just not letting their citizens or those in satellite nations leave.

Answer 2

The Iron Curtain was the metaphorical wall separating the Soviet Union, under Stalin and his successors, from the western world; one physical manifestation of this Curtain was the Berlin Wall.

Answer 3

The Iron Curtain was a symbol of communism and the Berlin Wall was the center of it. It wasn't " so called " it was an idea of a philosophy between two opposing views of government. If you don't think this still doesn't exist pay attention to what Russia is doing to undermine the world's democratic governments. Putin is overtly working at putting together the Soviet rule over the Baltic states and pushing communism.

Answer 4

The Iron Curtain is the imaginary wall used to separate the U.S. from Russia.

Answer 5

The phrase came from Winston Churchill. He used it to describe the split in Europe between the democratic west and the totalitarian East.

Answer 6

An imaginery boundary between states controlled by the communist regime (Eastern Europe + East Germany) and states loyal to the United States (essentially) (Western Europe)

Answer 7

the Berlin wall