COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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the division in Europe during the Cold War
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the destruction of Europe during the Cold War
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the diversity in Europe during the Cold War
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the depression in Europe during the Cold War
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -In November, the Iron Curtain was torn apart across Central and Eastern Europe – after changes in Poland and Hungary came the fall of the Berlin Wall, which opened the way for the unification of Germany, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, and negotiations of government and opposition in Bulgaria.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Iron Curtain described hard borders between Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent during the Cold War. These borders were formed in the years after World War II, as Soviet-controlled regimes in the East sought to tighten control and prevent both emigration and infiltration.