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Winston Churchill first coined the term "Iron Curtain" in his 'Sinews of Peace' address to Westminster College in Fulton , Missouri . ~ See related link below to further information regarding the Iron Curtain .
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CoachThe phrase is usually attributed to Winston Churchill in his famous address at the end of WWII, and the onset of the cold war, and refers to Stalin's (The Man of Steel) iron grip on Eastern Europe. However the phrase may be traced back to the Babylonian Talmud.
Queen Elisabeth of Belgium used the phrase to describe relations between Belgium, and Germany at the outset of WWI, It's first literary use was in Arthur Machen's [1865-1947] 1895 novel 'The Three Imposters'.
Joseph Goebels from Germany used this phrase first (before Winston Churchill,) in World War 2
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In 1956 uprisings behind the iron curtain occurred in?
In 1956, there was an uprising behind the iron curtain in Hungary. The uprising was named the Hungarian Revolution and lasted for only a few weeks. During this time 3000 men, women, and children of Hungary were killed.
Iron curtain fell which year?
Immediately after the end of WW2. The Soviets (Russians) were determined to place a government of their own choosing in Poland without interference from Britain or the US. (or Poland for that matter !)
What other areas of the world were threatened by Communism at the time of iron curtain?
Southeast Asia and that is one reason the Vietnam war took place.
What did the so called iron curtain represent?
The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Where did the iron curtain take place?
During the Iron Curtain, Churchill warned that the Communist tyranny was threatening Europe. Truman invited Churchill where he alerted the free world by saying "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent
