WORLD HISTORY

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: -It was Churchill who coined the term Iron Curtain in a 1946 speech he delivered in Missouri. It refers to the fact that Eastern Europe was more or less controlled by the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance established in 1955 between the Soviet Union and numerous Eastern Bloc states.

Detailed explanation-3: -"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-4: -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-5: -In particular, he warned against the expansionistic policies of the Soviet Union. In addition to the “iron curtain” that had descended across Eastern Europe, Churchill spoke of “communist fifth columns” that were operating throughout western and southern Europe.