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It was the line between the free nations of Europe and the nations under Soviet domination during the Cold War (c. 1945-1990). The countries of Eastern Europe and their citizens were under the authority of the USSR under one form or another until late in the 20th century.

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It was the line between the free nations of Europe and the nations under Soviet domination during the Cold War (c. 1945-1990). The countries of Eastern Europe and their citizens were under the authority of the USSR under one form or another until late in the 20th century.

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Does the iron curtain refers to?

The imaginary wall that used to separate the US and Russia.The term 'Iron Curtain' refers to tanks, guns and as well as physical barriers. The term 'Iron Curtain' was said by Winston Churchill in 1946 in USA. The Iron Curtain was an imaginary line. It divided Europe into two blocks.


What does the democratic nations have to do with the iron curtain?

The Iron Curtain refers to the separation between the communist and the democratic nations during the Cold war in Europe. Today the term is now irrelevant. Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain."


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.


What was the term that described the dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and non COnmmunist Western Europe?

The Iron Curtain.


What term came about when communism countries prevented information from being released and people from escaping to freedom?

iron curtain


What term did Churchill coin regarding the domination of Eastern Europe?

Iron Curtain. An Iron Curtain has descended from.....


To what does the iron curtain refer?

The imaginary wall between the U.S. anad Russia.


How did the Iron Curtain tighten the Soviet hold over Eastern Europe?

Actually the "iron curtain" did not "tighten the soviet hold". The term "iron curtain" was a fictitious symbolic name used by Winston Churchill to describe the hold the Russians had over the Eastern Bloc. The hold the soviets had over eastern Europe was already tight before the term became popular.


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).


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.


Who gave the speech that used the term iron curtain?

the president during the fall of the iron curtain was sudam hosaine


What politician introduced term Iron Curtain?

harry truman