POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN
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Brick Wall
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Soviet Union
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Iron Curtain
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1961, Berlin became the focal point of increased tensions between the Western democracies and the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union (USSR) to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West, its allies and neutral states.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Iron Curtain was a barrier that divided capitalist and communist nations. This barrier was not physical but instead economic and political. On one side of the curtain, most countries were communist, and on the other side, most were capitalist.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.