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What type of curtain divided eastern and western Europe during the cold war?
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∙ 12y ago
i believe it was called the "iron curtain" that divided eastern and Western Europe
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∙ 12y ago
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Why was the term iron curtain a good description for the soviet president in eastern Europe?
Winston Churchill described the boundary between Eastern and Western Europe as an Iron Curtain that kept democratic western influences out of the Soviet controlled Eastern Europe through military force.
What symbolized the division between Western and Eastern Europe after World War 2?
the iron curtain
How is the iron curtain the dividing line?
The iron curtain divides the line between the Western and Eastern part of Europe. In the Eastern part of Europe under the rule of the Soviet Union, Communism was the type of government practiced. While The other part enjoyed a democratic form of government. Neither country on either side was supposed "to go join the other side". Thus the iron curtain divided Europe but not for long.
What was built following World War 2 that separated Germany?
The Iron Curtain (completed in 1952) and the Berlin Wall (1961). The iron curtain was an analogy. It was used to describe that eastern Europe was mostly communist, whlie western Europe was mostly democratic. The Iron Curtain wasn't an actual place.
How did the Iron Curtain tighten the Soviet hold over Eastern Europe?
Actually the "iron curtain" did not "tighten the soviet hold". The term "iron curtain" was a fictitious symbolic name used by Winston Churchill to describe the hold the Russians had over the Eastern Bloc. The hold the soviets had over eastern Europe was already tight before the term became popular.
What was the invisible wall called that divided Eastern and Western Europe?
The iron curtain
When did the division of Eastern and Western Europe end?
The division of Eastern and Western Europe has not disappeared and is still present for geographical and political reasons. I assume you're referring to the Iron Curtain, which divided the democratic Western Europe from the communist Eastern Europe. This dissolved in the late 1980s/early 1990s, during the fall of communism. However, the Iron Curtain borders are still typically used to differentiate between Eastern and Western Europe.
What divided the continent of europe into communist and noncommunist countries?
The Iron Curtain was the line drawn between Western and Eastern Europe, or Communistic and Non-Communistic Europe.
What cut off Eastern Europe form Western Europe?
technology, economy and military, Western Europe is more advanced in all of these.
What was the line that separated movement and ideas from eastern Europe and western Europe?
It was known as the Iron Curtain.
Name given by Churchill from the separations of eastern and western Europe?
The Iron Curtain
What was the term that described the dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and non COnmmunist Western Europe?
The Iron Curtain.
Who was behind iron curtain?
The term iron curtain was used by Winston Churchill to describe the border between communist western Europe and democratic eastern Europe.
To what division did the Iron Curtain refer?
It refers to the division of Communist Eastern Europe and Non-communist Western Europe.
Why was the term iron curtain a good description for the soviet president in eastern Europe?
Winston Churchill described the boundary between Eastern and Western Europe as an Iron Curtain that kept democratic western influences out of the Soviet controlled Eastern Europe through military force.
What symbolized the division between Western and Eastern Europe after World War 2?
the iron curtain
What was the name given to the separation of the eastern and western Europe after World War 2?
Iron Curtain
