Following WW II, the USSR took control of the nations of eastern Europe which became satellite states, and kept out normal commerce and travel to Western Europe. Therefore, as Winston Churchill observed, it was as if an iron curtain had fallen across Europe, sealing off the eastern part from the west.
Winston Churchill coined the phrase iron curtain. The iron curtain referred to the Berlin Wall which separated Eastern and Western Europe. The Berlin Wall goes right through the center of Berlin, Germany.
Winston Churchill, though he was repeating the phrase used earlier by Joseph Goebbels in 1945.
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 imaginary wall that used to separate the US and Russia.The term 'Iron Curtain' refers to tanks, guns and as well as physical barriers. The term 'Iron Curtain' was said by Winston Churchill in 1946 in USA. The Iron Curtain was an imaginary line. It divided Europe into two blocks.
The Iron Curtain no longer exists. When it did, the country it divided was Germany.
the phrase of "an iron curtain has come down" was first coined by sir Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill coined the phrase iron curtain. The iron curtain referred to the Berlin Wall which separated Eastern and Western Europe. The Berlin Wall goes right through the center of Berlin, Germany.
He said an "iron curtain" has descended across the continent.
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Winston Churchill coined this phrase
The phrase 'Iron Curtain' was used by Churchill to describe partition of Europe because of Soviet occupation of the Eastern European countries in 1946.
Winston Churchill, though he was repeating the phrase used earlier by Joseph Goebbels in 1945.
The Iron Curtain.
No. It was like invisible, there were only military forces. The term "iron curtain" was just a metaphor.
Yugoslavia and Albania were the cracks in the iron curtain.
the British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill