USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE YALTA CONFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What term did Churchill create to describe USSR’s control of Eastern Europe?
A
Iron lady
B
Iron curtain
C
Iron horse
D
Iron Cindy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Then, on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Churchill’s famous words “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent, ” ushered in the Cold War and framed the geo-political landscape for the next 50 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Iron Curtain Speech. Winston Churchill’s “Sinews of Peace” address of March 5, 1946, at Westminster College, used the term “iron curtain” in the context of Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe: From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an “Iron Curtain” has descended across the continent.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union (USSR) to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West, its allies and neutral states.

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