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Joseph Stalin imposed what Winston Churchill would call the Iron Curtain after World War II. The figurative curtain separated Soviet-controlled Warsaw Pact countries from NATO led and neutral countries.
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Was the iron curtain an actual iron curtain?
No. It was like invisible, there were only military forces. The term "iron curtain" was just a metaphor.
Where are the cracks in the iron curtain as seen on the map?
Yugoslavia and Albania were the cracks in the iron curtain.
Was Russia part of the iron curtain?
Russia was on the other side of the iron curtain-and the main reason why it was created.
Why was the iron curtain created in the Cold War?
The iron curtain was just a term used to symbolize the wall between the east and western countries. It was not a real curtain.
How did south Vietnam violate the iron curtain?
There was no such thing as an "Iron Curtain" (a curtain made of iron). The name was simply a symbolic term representing communist countries, with the USSR primarily being the center focus. Consequently, the term "behind the iron curtain" meant being in a communist nation (primarily meaning the USSR).
