Cold War - What was the Iron Curtain?

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  • What was the Iron Curtain?
    • It was a metaphor.
    • The Iron Curtain was a line separating Eastern Europe from Western Europe (Capitalists and Communists).
    • In 1946 Winston Churchill held a speech in the United States warning there was a Iron Curtain dividing Europe.
    • Countries in Western Europe tended to support the USA. Most countries in Eastern Europe were dominated by the USSR.

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