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Q: Who came up with the phrase iron curtain?
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Who came up with the idea of the iron curtain?

stalin wanted to block people from going to western europe so he made the iron curtain to block them.


Who came up with the term iron curtain?

Winston Churchill


When did the Soviet Union build the iron curtain?

The Iron Curtain is a term that was coined by Churchill during his speech on March 5, 1946. Its not actually a curtain, its made up of different countries between the Soviet Union and germany.


What soviet controlled countries made up the iron curtain?

THe countries "behind the iron curtain" were: GDR (German Democratic Republic), Poland,Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania. Of course it was not a curtain, but Churchill referred to the dividedness of Europe with this word: the capitalist and the communist part of it.


What does coined the phrase mean?

To 'coin a phrase' means to have invented it or 'came up with it'.


What are names of the players who made up the Iron Curtain?

The players who made up the Iron Curtain were Lev Yashin, Djalma Santos, Nilton Santos, Franz Beckenbauer, and Bobby Moore.


Who first spoke of the iron curtain?

Josef Goebbels was the first person to speak of the Iron Curtain. He explained this in his article named The Year 2000 in 1945 saying: "If the German people surrender, the Soviets will occupy . . . the whole east and southeast of Europe in addition to the larger part of the Reich. In front of this enormous territory, including the Soviet Union, an iron curtain will go down . . . The rest of Europe will fall in political chaos which will be but a period of preparation for the coming of Bolshevism.


What was the result of the world war 2 when it ended?

an iron curtain fell across europe and the berlin wall was put up


Which Soviet controlled countries make up the Iron Curtain boarder?

East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria


What was Stalin's reaction to the iron curtain speech?

Stalin died in 1953; the Berlin Wall went up in about '60/61.


What was on the soviet's side of the iron curtain?

The two sides of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War were the Soviet Union and Europe. This was a symbolic barrier put up to limit the West's influence.


What solutions does Churchill offer against the iron curtain?

Before the Iron Curtain was formed he offered up "Operation unthinkable" a plan to actually take on the Russians. Read up on it. Before that he also told Stalin there had to be free and democratic elctions in all countries. Stalin agreed. However after the war ended the Russians were too strong to stand up too!