USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Iron Curtain?
A
Harry S. Truman
B
Joseph Stalin
C
Emperor Hirohito
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian-born Soviet revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stalin further accused Churchill of hoping to install right-wing governments in eastern Europe with the goal of agitating those states against the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (6 December [O.S. 23 November] 1901 – 14 January 1988) was a Soviet politician who briefly succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Europan countries which were considered to be “behind the Iron Curtain” included: Poland, Estearn Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and the Soviet Union.

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