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Iron Curtain - Wikipedia The Iron Curtain was the political and physical boundary that divided Europe from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 East of the Iron Curtain were the smaller states controlled by the Soviet Union, in 1955 formally allied by the Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain | Definition Facts | Britannica Iron Curtain, the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas
What Was the Iron Curtain and How Did It Collapse? - History He was referring to the boundary line that divided Europe in two different political areas: Western Europe had political freedom, while Eastern Europe was under communist Soviet rule The term also symbolized the way in which the Soviet Union blocked its territories from open contact with the West Loading
Understanding the Iron Curtain: Origins and Impact Churchill was speaking metaphorically representing a political, military, and ideological sealing off, of the Soviet Union from European allies and noncommunist areas The Iron Curtain was not an actual, physical wall It was a political divide of Europe by the Soviet Union (USSR)
What Was the Iron Curtain? (with pictures) - Historical Index "Iron Curtain" is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 The Iron Curtain was both a physical and an ideological division that represented the way Europe was viewed after World War II
Iron curtain - New World Encyclopedia The Iron Curtain is a Western term made famous by Winston Churchill referring to the boundary which symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II, until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1990
The Iron Curtain | History of Western Civilization II The Iron Curtain specifically refers to the imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence, and symbolizes efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas
Understanding the Iron Curtain: A Historical Overview It emerged at the end of World War II in 1945 and continued to exist until the Cold War, around 1989-1990 The term symbolizes the intention and efforts of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to block itself and its dependent “satellite” states from establishing open contact with the West, its allies, and other non-communist states
What does Iron Curtain mean, and who popularised the term? What does Iron Curtain mean, and who popularised the term? The barrier between the Soviet Union and the West after WW2 was the ‘Iron Curtain’, with the Communists on one side and the capitalist democracies on the other
The Iron Curtain and Division of Europe The Iron Curtain was a term famously coined by Winston Churchill during a speech in 1946 to describe the division between Western Europe and the Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe after World War II