WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the east side of the Iron Curtain were the countries connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -What did the iron curtain symbolize about international relations? The iron curtain was a division between nations caused by the conflict occurring between the USA and the USSR. It shows the US influence and USSR influence over Europe, and they were divided, as if an iron rod was splitting them.