USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain” when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
A
European nations needed to build more factories
B
Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe
C
The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful
D
There was a division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an “iron curtain” has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

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