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Which communist countries bordered the east side of the iron curtain?
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Was East Germany a communist country in the cold war?
Yes. East Germany was separated from West Germany by the Berlin Wall during the era of communism there. East Germany was part of the Soviet Communist Bloc and West Germany was the non-communist portion.
What was the old nickname for the division between the East and West of Europe?
The Iron Curtain. The term was first coined by British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, to describe the borders between the communist countries of eastern Europe and the capitalist countries of Western Europe. He described it as running for "Szechin in the North to Trieste in the South" and he clearly didn't approve. On a smaller scale, the city of Berlin was separated in the same way. A wall was erected by East German forces to keep their own citizens out of the democratic West of the city. The BERLIN WALL existed between the early 1960s and the late 1980s.
What happened in europe during the cold war?
A figurative iron curtain divided Europe into the Democratic West and Communist East. It cut Germany clean in half. Europe was constantly on its toes, each fearing the other side would strike either on them or at America, catching them in the middle.
In the 1940s and 1950s what did the region described as being behind the iron curtain include?
East Berlin.
What was the boundary called that divided east and west Europe during the cold war?
The Iron Curtain
What describes countries that were considered behind the Iron Curtain following World War 2?
it depends in which side of the curtain are you if you are on the east side ... then behind the curtain was the west capitalism if you are on the west side . behind the curtain was the east comunism
Where was iron curtains?
The Iron Curtain divided Europe into two halves, east and west. The western democratic countries were on the side of the United States. The eastern communist countries were on the side of the Soviet Union. The Iron Curtain fell when communism collapsed and the eastern European countries became democratic.
What was the communist empire in eastern Europe called?
The communist countries in Eastern Europe included the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
What did the called iron curtain symbolize?
the political and economic division between the democratic west and the communist east
What did the so called iron curtain symbolize?
the political and economic division between the democratic west and the communist east
What divides eastern and western Europe?
The border countries of East and West are Finland (west) Germany (west) Poland (east) Czech Republic (east) Austria (west) Slovenia (east) Slovakia (east) Hungary (east) Norway (west) Italy (west) For the most part, Eastern Europe was under Soviet control and was communist, while Western Europe remained republics/monarchies.
What is the largest nation in East Asia that is bordered by 12 countries?
China is the largest country in east Asia.
Why was the iron curtain created in the Cold War?
The iron curtain was just a term used to symbolize the wall between the east and western countries. It was not a real curtain.
The only area behind the Iron Curtain in which non-communist had any control was?
East Berlin, the capital of the new communist regime of Eastern Germany was not happy with the fact that West Berlin was occupied by the US, Britain and France. This area was the only one behind the Iron Curtain that the Western powers could control.
What does the metaphor iron curtain mean?
The Iron Curtain was a metaphor for the Stalin's seemingly impenetrable partition of Europe between an authoritarian east and democratic west. Among the most symbolic manifestations to the Iron Curtain was the Berlin Wall.
What communist countries are located in east Asia?
No. First of all, Asia is not a country. Asia is a continent. It has many countries. Some of those countries are communist, but many of them are not.
What is an iron curtian?
The iron curtain was the border that divided Europe between the democratic west and the communist east. It lasted from 1945 to 1991.
