POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN
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the iron curtain separate eastern and western Europe
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Aisa and soviet union
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great Britain from France
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Spain from Germany
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -It later became a term for the 7, 000-kilometre-long (4, 300 mi) physical barrier of fences, walls, minefields, and watchtowers that divided the “east” and “west". The Berlin Wall was also part of this physical barrier.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.