The Iron Curtain Churchill
The Iron Curtain Churchill. The iron curtain refers to the boundary that divided Europe politically and militarily from the end of World War II until the end of the cold war. R 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 The term came to prominence after its use in a speech by Winston Churchill.
Churchill knew that his stern anti-Soviet remarks would make a splash.
R 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 The term came to prominence after its use in a speech by Winston Churchill.
The Iron Curtain speech, as it has come to be known, was formally titled "The Sinews of Peace," and is considered by many to be In the speech, Churchill highlights the "special relationship" between the countries of the English-speaking world, particularly the U. The term had previously been applied to the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, notably by Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.