POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN
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Factions on both sides of the curtain waged continuous war in Europe.
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Political and economic differences between nations on the two sides grew.
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Western European economies collapsed after trade with Eastern Europe declined.
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Democratic reforms in Eastern Europe improved relations between the two sides.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Iron Curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized 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: -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: -The Iron Curtain was a metaphor for the extreme political and ideological division that separated Western Europe from the Soviet Union and its satellite states in the east.
Detailed explanation-4: -On the east side of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union, while on the west side were the countries that were NATO members, or connected to or influenced by the United States; or nominally neutral.