COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an “Iron Curtain” had fallen across the European continent. This “Iron Curtain” was
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another name for the English Channel which separated Great Britain from attack.
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a wall built between two countries controlled by NAZI Germany and France
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another name for the Alps which protected Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union.
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an imaginary line that seperates Eastern Europe’s communist countries from Western Europe’s democratic countries
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -32.1. 3: The Iron Curtain 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: -Churchill was worried that the USA would withdraw from international affairs as it had done in the 1930s and he thought this would be bad for international relations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Churchill’s famed “Iron Curtain” speech ushered in the Cold War and made the term a household phrase. Top image courtesy of America’s National Churchill Museum.
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