POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Steel production would be a key in the Cold War
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World War II was a fight, whereas the Cold War would be more like a play
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The Cold War should be fought with iron weapons
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The world was becoming increasingly divided between democratic & communist nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was Churchill who coined the term Iron Curtain in a 1946 speech he delivered in Missouri. It refers to the fact that Eastern Europe was more or less controlled by the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance established in 1955 between the Soviet Union and numerous Eastern Bloc states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term “iron curtain” was the symbol Churchill used to denote the separation of Europe into two rival camps. On one side of the iron curtain were the democracies of western Europe while on the other side were the totalitarian countries of central and eastern European that were dominated by the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -Winston Churchill believed the division was permanent. He used the phrase iron curtain to describe how the Soviets cut off Eastern Europe from Western Europe. He warned that the Soviets would try to spread communism to other parts of the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Winston Churchill’s (March 1946) speed symbolized the Cold War. Churchill said that “an iron curtain has descended across the continent” of Europe. The metaphor of the Iron Curtain describes the split between eastern and western Europe.