Iron Curtain speech (5 March 1946)

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Iron Curtain speech (5 March 1946)

Causes

  • Churchill is leader of the opposition when he delivers this speech (not PM)
  • By the 1950s, the term 'Iron Curtain' was used to address the repression of people trapped the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe

Effects

  • The War of Words began (propaganda)

Overall summary

Countries trapped behind the Iron Curtain: Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungry, Bulgaria, East Germany, Romania.

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