Fulton Iron Curtain Speech
Fulton Iron Curtain Speech. While Winston Churchill did not create the Cold War, he gave the amorphous condition plaguing relations between the free and Communist worlds a new dramatic image in his phrase about an Iron Curtain descending upon Europe. Rarely has one speech created a whole new political condition.
The formation of a Soviet bloc in Europe occurred after World War II. Flanked by US President Harry Truman, the former British prime minister proceeded. With typical oratorical skills, Church introduced the phrase "Iron Curtain" to describe the division between Western powers and the area controlled by the Soviet Union.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has come down across Europe.
He spoke at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri after. Soviet propaganda subsequently turned against the US and its allies. Winston Churchill gave this speech at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, after receiving an honorary degree.