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Winston Churchill delivered the Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri, U.S., on March 5, 1946. In it he stressed the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism, which had lowered an “iron curtain” across Europe.
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Churchill’s speech has entered the canon of great speeches for one reason above all others: his use of the phrase ‘iron curtain’ to describe the divide between the capitalist West (dominated by Britain and America) and the Communist East (controlled and influenced by the Soviet Union).
Sep 18, 2015 · What Churchill is referring to were various German scientific inventions which confounded the British and at the time seemed miraculous and terrifying, at least to the military analysts that knew about them.
Oct 14, 2008 · What did he mean, and how does it apply today? First, as one of the architects of the Grand Alliance he, in effect, recognized the tragic reality of its dissolution. No one else of similar authority had said what he did so plainly or so publicly before.
Mar 5, 2012 · After being introduced by President Harry Truman, Churchill, the former prime minister of Britain and now the opposition leader, warned of the threat posed by the Soviet Union, a World War II...
Mar 2, 2010 · Churchill’s “iron curtain” phrase immediately entered the official vocabulary of the Cold War. U.S. officials were less enthusiastic about Churchill’s call for a “special relationship” between...
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Churchill is most commonly associated with Sir Winston Churchill, who was a British statesman, army officer, and writer, best known for serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
