THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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the growing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
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the spread of hunger and disease in Western Europe
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the desperate economic conditions in Eastern Europe
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the expanding influence of communists in Western Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term “iron curtain” had been employed as a metaphor since the 19th century, but Churchill used it to refer specifically to the political, military, and ideological barrier created by the U.S.S.R.
Detailed explanation-2: -When he spoke of the “Iron Curtain” that had descended from “Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, ” Winston Churchill was acknowledging and announcing a truth which so many in the West were so unwilling to admit – the onset of the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill gave a speech declaring that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe, pointing to efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West.
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.