THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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United Nations
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Noncommunist
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Iron Curtain
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all of the above
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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: -The wall, which stood between 1961 to 1989, came to symbolize the ‘Iron Curtain’ – the ideological split between East and West – that existed across Europe and between the two superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union, and their allies, during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Churchill’s famed “Iron Curtain” speech ushered in the Cold War and made the term a household phrase.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.